Plackett Burman design for microplastics quantification in marine sediments
2021
Filgueiras-Rodal, Ana Virginia | Gago, Jesús | García-Agüera, Inés María Encarnación | León, Víctor Manuel | Viñas, Lucía | Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología, CICYT (España) | European Commission
Microplastics are gaining worldwide attention due to their omnipresence. The marine environment is one of the most affected systems; especially the sediment compartment. Microplastic separation from the sediment matrix is the first step to evaluate its abundance and availability. Nevertheless, a lack of consistency in extraction protocols is a fact. This paper describes the optimization of the microplastic extraction procedure from marine sediments. The Plackett-Burman saturated factorial design was used to identify the significant factors and to select optimum working conditions. With this purpose, the following variables were studied: the number of extractions; the amount of sediment; the settling time; the density separation solution volume; the agitation tim and the suitability of using wet or freeze-dried sediment. The Plackett-Burman design has revealed that the mos statistically significant variables were sediment mass and agitation time. The optimized method was applied for two marine sediments collected in the Mar Menor Lagoon.
Show more [+] Less [-]This research has been supported by the Spanish Inter-Ministerial Science and Technology Commission through the “IMPACTA” project (CICYT, CTM2013-48194-C3-1-R); “BASEMAN” project (PCIN-2015170-CO2-02); “2-2 ESMARME” project and by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
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