Luis Garzón-Rodríguez

Characterization and quantification of microplastics in marine sediments of the Colombian Caribbean

Background About eight million tons of plastic end up in the oceans every year, with negative impacts including effects on the marine biota, the accumulation of heavy metals and desorption of organic contaminants in marine sediments. Methods With the aim of quantifying and characterizing the microplastics (MP) in the m...