Microplastics distribution and contamination from the Cochin coastal zone, India
| Autor: | Aparna Suresh, Ganga Vijayaraghavan, Kariyil Veettil Neethu, S. Bijoy Nandan, K S Saranya, B. P. Aneesh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pollution
Microplastics geography geography.geographical_feature_category Ecology media_common.quotation_subject Sediment Estuary Aquatic Science Contamination Oceanography Abundance (ecology) Coastal zone Environmental science Animal Science and Zoology Day to day Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Regional Studies in Marine Science. 40:101533 |
| ISSN: | 2352-4855 |
| Popis: | Microplastics are small plastic fragments less than 5 mm in diameter, and microplastic pollution is an emerging threat in our day to day life. Microplastic pollution was estimated in water, sediment and fish samples from selected stations along the Cochin estuary and nearby coastal areas in Kochi. The estuarine water and sediment samples recorded a larger number of microplastics than in beach samples with a mean abundance of 751.7 ± 452.21 particles/m3 and 1340 ± 575.22 particles/kg, respectively. Study stations near to the busiest city locations showed significantly high levels of microplastic pollution (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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