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Assessment of microplastic abundance and impact on recreational beaches along the western Algerian coastline

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Nasr-Eddine Taïbi, Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Nasr-Eddine Taïbi, Mohammed El Amine Bentaallah, Mohammed El Amine Bentaallah, Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Djilali Baghdadi, Sedat Gündoğdu Djilali Baghdadi, Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Mohammed El Amine Bentaallah, Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Ahmed Megharbi, Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Ahmed Megharbi, Ferhat Büyükdeveci, Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Nasr-Eddine Taïbi, Nasr-Eddine Taïbi, Sedat Gündoğdu Ferhat Büyükdeveci, Ferhat Büyükdeveci, Ferhat Büyükdeveci, Ferhat Büyükdeveci, Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Ferhat Büyükdeveci, Ferhat Büyükdeveci, Ferhat Büyükdeveci, Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu Sedat Gündoğdu

Summary

Researchers assessed microplastic abundance on three recreational beaches along the western Algerian coastline. The study found an average of about 55 microplastic items per square meter, predominantly fragments, and used a pollution index to characterize contamination levels, contributing important baseline data for understanding plastic pollution along the understudied North African Mediterranean coast.

Study Type Environmental

Microplastics (MPs) have attracted global attention due to their ubiquity and potential impact on the environment. However, MPs are poorly documented along the Algerian coast. To address this data gap, this study investigated the presence of MPs on three recreational beaches in western Algeria (Stidia, Sablettes and Mersat El Hadjaj). The mean MP abundance for the three beaches was estimated at 55.47 ± 48.01 items/m. Characterization of MPs shape revealed that fragments (79.81 %) were dominant, followed by pellets (10.58 %), filaments (5.57 %), and foam (3.85 %). An assessment of the Microplastic Pollution Index, the Pellet Pollution Index, and the Coefficient of Microplastic Impact, revealed the presence of very low to moderate levels of MPs on the beaches. This presence was associated with minimal beach pollution and moderate overall impact. The sector analysis approach results confirm that there are two different magnitudes of MPs presence that can negatively impact on the environmental quality of the studied beaches.

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