Microplastics in the Tidal Freshwater Potomac
| dc.contributor.author | Rhoades, Benjamin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nguyen, Han | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wigode, Evan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sklarew, Daniel M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Foster, Gregory D. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-05T17:04:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-09-05T17:04:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Microplastics (MPs) are pieces of plastic between 0.33mm and 5mm and represent a near ubiquitous type of pollution and have been found in almost all bodies of water sampled. MPs represent both an ecological and a public health threat, as vectors of toxic chemicals. Only one peer-reviewed paper quantifies the microplastics issue in the Chesapeake Bay region, with no published findings regarding microplastics in tidal freshwater Potomac River. Yonkos et al. (2015) considers population density of a watersheds in the Bay region as a factor influencing MP concentrations. This study investigates MPs in the Potomac River basin and the impact of land development on MP concentrations. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Patriot Green Fund Office of Student Scholarship, Creative Activities, and Research (OSCAR) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rhoades, B., Nguyen, H., Wigode, E., Sklarew, D., & Foster, G. (2019). Microplastics in the freshwater tidal Potomac. Presented at the Summer Celebration of Student Scholarship. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1920/11586 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 United States | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ | |
| dc.subject | Freshwater Ecology | |
| dc.subject | Microplastics | |
| dc.title | Microplastics in the Tidal Freshwater Potomac | |
| dc.type | Other |