期刊
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
卷 146, 期 -, 页码 92-99出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.06.004
关键词
Aquatic environment; Sediments; Microplastics; Polyethylene; Polypropylene; Pollution
资金
- University of Sfax
- FCT/MEC (PIDDAC) [UID/AMB/50017/2019, IF/00407/2013/CP1162/CT0023]
- national funds (OE), through FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, I.P. [4, 5, 6, Law 57/2017]
- MicroPlasTox - FEDER, through COMPETE2020 -Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizacao (POO) [POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028740]
- national funds (OE), through FCT/MCTES
Despite the increasing interest in microplastic (MP) research, the accurate prevalence, distribution and fate of these materials in the environment is yet poorly known and, consequently, a focus of debate. Hence, to better ascertain the presence of microplastics in specific environments, samples from 35 random sites distributed across a 4200-meter long section from the area of Sidi Mansour, Sfax-Tunisia, were collected and analyzed. MPs were extracted, digested with potassium hydroxide and dyed with Eosin B, for visual microscopy counting and sorting. Polymer composition and surface morphology were identified by FTIR-ATR spectroscopy and SEM microscopy. Total abundances ranged from 252 to-5332 particles per m(2) where fragments and granules were the most frequent types of microplastics. These findings highlight the considerable presence of these materials in the studied harbor region and underscore the density dependence on the distribution and occurrence of MPs and how these tend to accumulate in the sandy sediments.
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