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An innovative approach for microplastic sampling in all surface water bodies using an aquatic drone
The lack of one standardized method to evaluate microplastic pollution in different aquatic environments worldwide represent a gap to fill for the scientist's community. To help overcome this challenge, we adapted an aquatic drone, named Jellyfishbot®, to sample microplastics. The aquatic drone...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9708626/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36468125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11662 |
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author | Pasquier, Gabriel Doyen, Périne Carlesi, Nicolas Amara, Rachid |
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description | The lack of one standardized method to evaluate microplastic pollution in different aquatic environments worldwide represent a gap to fill for the scientist's community. To help overcome this challenge, we adapted an aquatic drone, named Jellyfishbot®, to sample microplastics. The aquatic drone has been compared with the actual most used method for sampling MPs in surface waters: the Manta net. In order to test the reliability of the aquatic drone in different environments, samples were collected in a river and coastal waters sites. The results obtained with the two methods were similar in term of MPs abundances, shapes and colors. It provides also a better reproducibility and more accurate sampling of MPs located in the surface waters mainly the lighter and smaller ones. This sampling method has the advantage of combining the benefits of Manta net sampling (i.e. a representative surface water sampling method that covers a large sampling area and volume (several tens m(3)) with those of pump filtration and grab sampling (easy access to confined and hard-to-reach areas). This new sampling method could be applied in different aquatic environments making it possible to compare the data and hence become a new standardized approach to evaluate microplastic pollution levels. |
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spelling | pubmed-97086262022-12-01 An innovative approach for microplastic sampling in all surface water bodies using an aquatic drone Pasquier, Gabriel Doyen, Périne Carlesi, Nicolas Amara, Rachid Heliyon Research Article The lack of one standardized method to evaluate microplastic pollution in different aquatic environments worldwide represent a gap to fill for the scientist's community. To help overcome this challenge, we adapted an aquatic drone, named Jellyfishbot®, to sample microplastics. The aquatic drone has been compared with the actual most used method for sampling MPs in surface waters: the Manta net. In order to test the reliability of the aquatic drone in different environments, samples were collected in a river and coastal waters sites. The results obtained with the two methods were similar in term of MPs abundances, shapes and colors. It provides also a better reproducibility and more accurate sampling of MPs located in the surface waters mainly the lighter and smaller ones. This sampling method has the advantage of combining the benefits of Manta net sampling (i.e. a representative surface water sampling method that covers a large sampling area and volume (several tens m(3)) with those of pump filtration and grab sampling (easy access to confined and hard-to-reach areas). This new sampling method could be applied in different aquatic environments making it possible to compare the data and hence become a new standardized approach to evaluate microplastic pollution levels. Elsevier 2022-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9708626/ /pubmed/36468125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11662 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Research Article Pasquier, Gabriel Doyen, Périne Carlesi, Nicolas Amara, Rachid An innovative approach for microplastic sampling in all surface water bodies using an aquatic drone |
title | An innovative approach for microplastic sampling in all surface water bodies using an aquatic drone |
title_full | An innovative approach for microplastic sampling in all surface water bodies using an aquatic drone |
title_fullStr | An innovative approach for microplastic sampling in all surface water bodies using an aquatic drone |
title_full_unstemmed | An innovative approach for microplastic sampling in all surface water bodies using an aquatic drone |
title_short | An innovative approach for microplastic sampling in all surface water bodies using an aquatic drone |
title_sort | innovative approach for microplastic sampling in all surface water bodies using an aquatic drone |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9708626/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36468125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11662 |
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