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Quantification and Characterization of Microplastics in Turtle Grass (Thalassia testudinum) and Shoal Grass (Halodule wrightii)
University of West Florida Libraries
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 08/2024)
08/2024
Abstract
Microplastics are beads, fibers, fragments, and sheets smaller than 5 mm. Though tiny, microplastics, over the last several years, have been shown to be toxic to humans and other organisms (Wang, Zhao, and Xing 2021). Many coastal marine organisms, such as intertidal snails, manatees, and sea turtles, have been studied to find that they ingest microplastics. (Curl et al. 2023; Kleinschmidt and Janosik 2021; Gowans and Siuda 2023). Seagrass, another organism closely connected to the community of shoreline marine life, has also been studied to contain microplastics attached to epiphytes growing on seagrasses (Huang Yuzhou 2020; Seng et al. 2020). This study quantified and characterized microplastics embedded in Turtle and Shoal grasses. Water samples were also taken above the turtle and shoal grass to compare microplastic quantity and characteristics. Samples were taken from seagrass beds at Seaglades, Pensacola, FL, Woodlawn Beach, FL, and Navarre Beach Sound, Navarre, FL.
Details
- Title
- Quantification and Characterization of Microplastics in Turtle Grass (Thalassia testudinum) and Shoal Grass (Halodule wrightii)
- Resource Type
- Poster
- Event
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 08/2024)
- Contributors
- Alexis M. Janosik (Faculty Mentor)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries by the author to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380576897306600
- Academic Unit
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program 2024; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering ; Biology
- Language
- English