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USF student: hurricanes and humidity send microplastics from sky to Tampa Bay; hotspot found near EPC air-monitoring site
Summary
A University of South Florida researcher told the commission that atmospheric deposition may be an important source of microplastics to Tampa Bay, reporting an average deposition near one monitoring site of ~50,000 microplastics/m^2/day and a hurricane-related peak of about 95,000/m^2/day; she recommended standardized monitoring and a working group.
Lindsey Grossman, a PhD student at the University of South Florida, presented master's-level research on microplastics in Tampa Bay and on atmospheric deposition in and around the county's monitoring sites.
Grossman said previous local studies show microplastics in surface waters and sediments of Tampa Bay and in organisms including plankton, oysters and even the digestive tracts of deceased manatees. She described…
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