Measuring the Size and the Charge of Microplastics in Aqueous Suspensions With and Without Microorganisms Using a Zeta-Sizer Meter

Abstract

According to recent models trillion microplastics over 66 tons, are currently floating in the ocean [1, 2]. On top of that, microplastics have been identified interacting with many aquatic organisms. More specifically, microfibers inside mesopelagic organisms have been found from 334–1783 m depth in the equitorial mid-Atlantic and 954–1062 m in the SW Indian Ocean. Previous studies have found microfibers in the bathypelagic and abyssopelagic sediments (2000 m in the subpolar North Atlantic, 2200 m in the NE Atlantic, 3500 m in the Mediterranean, and 5768 m in the West Pacific) [3].