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September 10, 2025Journal of Visualized Experiments

Assessing the Lost Fraction: Diversity, Abundance, and Mass of Microplastics (1-300 m) in Aquatic Systems

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LFLuis Medina FaullTZTatiana ZaliznyakGTGordon T. Taylor

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Overview

This protocol quantifies microplastics in aquatic systems, highlighting their prevalence and polymer types.

Key Points

  • Microplastics smaller than 5 µm dominate aquatic systems, making up approximately 75% of analyzed particles.
  • Chemical oxidation and filtration of large water volumes improved sample preparation, but methodology needs refinement.
  • Raman microspectroscopy is essential for identifying polymer types, though it’s time-intensive for small particles.
  • The study focuses on the Great South Bay, indicating that larger microplastics are rare in the sampled coastal areas.

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Faull et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1ce7b54b1d3bfb60f5c78https://doi.org/10.3791/68148
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