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<journal-id>0188-4999</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista internacional de contaminación ambiental]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Int. Contam. Ambient]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0188-4999</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0188-49992020000100151</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.20937/rica.2020.36.53540</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN SAND BEACHES]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[METODOLOGÍA PARA CUANTIFICAR Y CARACTERIZAR LA CONCENTRACIÓN DE MICROPLÁSTICOS EN PLAYAS DE ARENA]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alvarez-Zeferino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cruz-Salas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Arely Areanely]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vázquez-Morillas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alethia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ojeda-Benitez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sara]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Instituto de Ingeniería ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mexicali Baja California]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Área de Tecnologías Sustentables ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2020</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>36</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>151</fpage>
<lpage>164</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-49992020000100151&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-49992020000100151&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-49992020000100151&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT In recent years microplastics have become an issue of global concern due to the negative effects that they cause in the environment, such as their ingestion by marine species and their capacity to adsorb pollutants from water. To face this problem research has been performed around the world to study the presence of microplastics in marine environments. However, the use of different on-field sampling and laboratory characterization techniques, sometimes difficult to replicate, hinders the possibility to compare results. This paper proposes a methodology for sampling and characterization of microplastics on the 1 - 5 mm range present on sand beaches. First, a comparison is made between the different techniques used for sampling, extraction, classification and identification of microplastics on studies performed on the last five years. Then the proposed methodology, which involves sampling in the high tide zone, at 5 cm depth, is explained in detail. The method has a low cost, as it uses simple equipment available in most of the labs. It can be easily replicable and allows presenting results in different units. The decision criteria, materials and steps in each of its seven stages (identification of sampling zone, selection of sampling points, sampling, drying, extraction, quantification and classification of microplastics) are described. Also, it explains a process to eliminate false positives caused by organic matter or shells. This work aims to improve the efficiency, replicability and homogeneity in the study of microplastics.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN En los últimos años, los microplásticos se han convertido en un tema de preocupación mundial debido a los impactos negativos que causan en las especies marinas al ingerirlos y su capacidad para adsorber contaminantes químicos del agua. Ante esta problemática, a nivel internacional se han desarrollado diversos estudios sobre la presencia de microplásticos en ambientes marinos, sin embargo, en cada investigación se emplean metodologías diferentes que en muchas ocasiones involucran técnicas, para el muestro en campo y trabajo de laboratorio, poco comunes y difícilmente replicables, que además dificultan la comparación entre estudios. Por ello, este artículo propone una metodología para el muestro y caracterización de microplásticos en el intervalo de 1 a 5 mm en la zona pleamar de playas de arena a cinco centímetros de profundidad. Se presenta una comparación de las diversas técnicas empleadas en el muestreo, extracción, clasificación y análisis de microplásticos en playas de arena en los últimos cinco años, y después se explica la metodología sugerida, la cual es de bajo costo, emplea material y equipo no sofisticado, es fácilmente replicable y permite obtener resultados en distintas unidades. Asimismo, incluye criterios, materiales y pasos a seguir en cada una de las siete etapas (identificación de zona de muestreo, selección de puntos de muestreo, toma de muestras, secado, extracción, cuantificación y clasificación de microplásticos) y también explica el proceso para eliminar falsos positivos de las muestras (conchas y materia orgánica). Con esta metodología se espera que las técnicas empleadas en el estudio de microplásticos en playas de arena sean más eficientes y los resultados obtenidos puedan ser comparables con otros estudios.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[fragmentation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[plastics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[extraction]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[classification]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pellets]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fragmentación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[plásticos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[extracción]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[clasificación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[gránulos]]></kwd>
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