A first assessment of microplastics in the sea waters off the Puglia region Ilaria Dalle Mura ARPA Puglia, Italy Enrico Barbone ARPA Puglia, Italy Daniela Battista ARPA Puglia, Italy Cosimo Gaspare Giannuzzi ARPA Puglia, Italy Sergio Ranieri ARPA Puglia, Italy Giuseppe Strippoli ARPA Puglia, Italy Antonietta Zito ARPA Puglia, Italy Nicola Ungaro ARPA Puglia, Italy This is a section of Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”(DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1) by Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci Firenze University Press Firenze 2022 https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.39

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To meet the objectives of the MSFD, 2008/56/EC, the Puglia Regional Agencies for the Prevention and Protection of the Environment (ARPA Puglia) performed a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the MPs on the basis of the data collected during 2015-2017 monitoring program. A total of 90 samples in 5 campaigns were collected using a manta net. The MPs average density of 0,469 n/m³ was calculated for the entire dataset. No significant statistical differences were detected among sampling sites, campaigns and distance from the coast.

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