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dc.contributor.authorHuserbråten, Mats Brockstedt Olsen
dc.contributor.authorHattermann, Tore
dc.contributor.authorBroms, Cecilie
dc.contributor.authorAlbretsen, Jon
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-20T11:13:29Z
dc.date.available2022-06-20T11:13:29Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-17
dc.description.abstractHigh concentrations of microplastic particles are reported across the Arctic Ocean–yet no meaningful point sources, suspension timelines, or accumulation areas have been identified. Here we use Lagrangian particle advection simulations to model the transport of buoyant microplastic from northern European rivers to the high Arctic, and compare model results to the flux of sampled synthetic particles across the main entrance to the Arctic Ocean. We report widespread dispersal along the Eurasian continental shelf, across the North Pole, and back into the Nordic Seas; with accumulation zones over the Nansen basin, the Laptev Sea, and the ocean gyres of the Nordic Seas. The equal distribution of sampled synthetic particles across water masses covering a wide time frame of anthropogenic influence suggests a system in full saturation rather than pronounced injection from European sources, through a complex circulation scheme connecting the entire Arctic Mediterranean. This circulation of microplastic through Arctic ecosystems may have large consequences to natural ecosystem health, highlighting an ever-increasing need for better waste management.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHuserbråten, Hattermann, Broms, Albretsen. Trans-polar drift-pathways of riverine European microplastic. Scientific Reports. 2022;12en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2017196
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-022-07080-z
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/25515
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherNatureen_US
dc.relation.journalScientific Reports
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectArktis / Arcticen_US
dc.subjectForurensing / Pollutionen_US
dc.subjectHavmodeller / Ocean modellingen_US
dc.subjectMikroplast / Microplasticen_US
dc.subjectØkosystem / Ecosystemen_US
dc.titleTrans-polar drift-pathways of riverine European microplasticen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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