Occurrence, spatial distribution, and risk assessment of microplastics in surface water and sediments of Saint Martin Island in the Bay of Bengal

Autor:	Sultan Al Nahian, Md. Refat Jahan Rakib, Sayeed Mahmood Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, Mohamed Mohsen, Prabhakar Sharma, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Geologic Sediments Bays Microplastics West Indies Water Aquatic Science Oceanography Pollution Plastics Risk Assessment Ecosystem Water Pollutants Chemical Environmental Monitoring
Zdroj:	Marine pollution bulletin. 179
ISSN:	1879-3363
Popis:	Microplastics (MPs) are emerging contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and have caused substantial concern worldwide. This study surveyed the presence of MPs in surface water and sediments across the coastal area of Saint Martin Island in the Bay of Bengal. MPs were collected following the standard protocol and identified as various types like expanded polystyrene, foam, filaments, fragments, lines, fibres, and paint flakes. Total MPs pollution in beach sediment was 317 particles/kg across 14 sampling sites, varied from 11 to 10589 particles/m
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::a67d1fa4fa848e15a592f129c17faae4 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35561514 Zobrazit plný text záznamu Full Text from ScienceDirect