Title :

An innovative approach for microplastic sampling in all surface water bodies using an aquatic drone

Author(s) :

Pasquier, Gabriel [Auteur]
Doyen, Périne [Auteur]
Institut Charles Viollette (ICV) - ULR 7394 [ICV]
BioEcoAgro - Equipe 8 - Food and Digestive Microbial Ecosystems: Interactions - Dynamics - Application(s)
Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale [ULCO]
BioEcoAgro - UMR transfrontalière INRAe - UMRT1158
Carlesi, Nicolas [Auteur]
Amara, Rachid [Auteur]
Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale [ULCO]
Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 [LOG]

Journal title :

HELIYON

Pages :

e11662

Publisher :

Elsevier

Publication date :

2022-11

ISSN :

2405-8440

English keyword(s) :

Microplastics
Sampling
Water
Aquatic drone
Harmonization Methods

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

English abstract : [en]

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 ...
Show more >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 m3) 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.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187

Source :

Harvested from HAL