Abstract
Since the 1950s plastic production has exponentially increased. Different expeditions have sampled microplastics in all the world’s oceans in order to better know this pollution. However, a large amount of plastic particles is collected during all campaigns, such as during the Tara Mediterranean Sea campaign. And, methods developed to analyse them are time-consuming. So, how to work to chemically characterize samples from large libraries?
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Falcou-Préfol, M. et al. (2018). Statistical Methodology for Identifying Microplastic Samples Collected During TARA Mediterranean Campaign. In: Cocca, M., Di Pace, E., Errico, M., Gentile, G., Montarsolo, A., Mossotti, R. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71279-6_5
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