Nava, Veronica and Chandra, Sudeep and Aherne, Julian and Alfonso, María B. and Antão-Geraldes, Ana M. and Attermeyer, Katrin and Bao, Roberto and Bartrons, Mireia and Berger, Stella A. and Biernaczyk, Marcin and Bissen, Raphael and Brookes, Justin D. and Brown, David and Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel and Canle, Moisés and Capelli, Camilla and Carballeira, Rafael and Cereijo, José Luis and Chawchai, Sakonvan and Christensen, Søren T. and Christoffersen, Kirsten S. and de Eyto, Elvira and Delgado, Jorge and Dornan, Tyler N. and Doubek, Jonathan P. and Dusaucy, Julia and Erina, Oxana and Ersoy, Zeynep and Feuchtmayr, Heidrun and Frezzotti, Maria Luce and Galafassi, Silvia and Gateuille, David and Gonçalves, Vitor and Grossart, Hans-Peter and Hamilton, David P. and Harris, Ted D. and Kangur, Külli and Kankılıç, Gökben Başaran and Kessler, Rebecca and Kiel, Christine and Krynak, Edward M. and Leiva-Presa, Àngels and Lepori, Fabio and Matias, Miguel G. and Matsuzaki, Shin-ichiro S. and McElarney, Yvonne and Messyasz, Beata and Mitchell, Mark and Mlambo, Musa C. and Motitsoe, Samuel N. and Nandini, Sarma and Orlandi, Valentina and Owens, Caroline and Özkundakci, Deniz and Pinnow, Solvig and Pociecha, Agnieszka and Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel and Rõõm, Eva-Ingrid and Rotta, Federica and Salmaso, Nico and Sarma, S. S. S. and Sartirana, Davide and Scordo, Facundo and Sibomana, Claver and Siewert, Daniel and Stepanowska, Katarzyna and Tavşanoğlu, Ülkü Nihan and Tereshina, Maria and Thompson, James and Tolotti, Monica and Valois, Amanda and Verburg, Piet and Welsh, Brittany and Wesolek, Brian and Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A. and Wu, Naicheng and Zawisza, Edyta and Zink, Lauren and Leoni, Barbara (2023) Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs. Nature, 619 (7969). pp. 317-322. ISSN 0028-0836
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Plastic debris is thought to be widespread in freshwater ecosystems globally. However, a lack of comprehensive and comparable data makes rigorous assessment of its distribution challenging. Here we present a standardized cross-national survey that assesses the abundance and type of plastic debris (>250 μm) in freshwater ecosystems. We sample surface waters of 38 lakes and reservoirs, distributed across gradients of geographical position and limnological attributes, with the aim to identify factors associated with an increased observation of plastics. We find plastic debris in all studied lakes and reservoirs, suggesting that these ecosystems play a key role in the plastic-pollution cycle. Our results indicate that two types of lakes are particularly vulnerable to plastic contamination: lakes and reservoirs in densely populated and urbanized areas and large lakes and reservoirs with elevated deposition areas, long water-retention times and high levels of anthropogenic influence. Plastic concentrations vary widely among lakes; in the most polluted, concentrations reach or even exceed those reported in the subtropical oceanic gyres, marine areas collecting large amounts of debris. Our findings highlight the importance of including lakes and reservoirs when addressing plastic pollution, in the context of pollution management and for the continued provision of lake ecosystem services.
| Item Type: | Scientific journal article, Newspaper article or Magazine article |
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| Subjects: | Biological Sciences > Biology > Marine/Freshwater biology Biological Sciences > Biology > Marine/Freshwater biology > Freshwater biology Biological Sciences > Biology > Ecology Biological Sciences > Biology > Ecology > Ecosystem ecology & land use Biological Sciences > Biology > Ecology > Ecotoxicology Physical sciences > Chemistry > Environmental chemistry Physical sciences > Science of aquatic & terrestrial environments |
| Department/unit: | Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design > Istituto scienze della Terra |
| Depositing User: | Fabio Lepori |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Sep 2023 10:19 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Sep 2023 10:22 |
| URI: | http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/14592 |
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