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Microplastic pollution threats coastal resilience and sustainability in Xiamen City, China

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Haitao Lin, Zhong Pan Zhong Pan Zhong Pan Jincheng Sun, Zhong Pan Zhong Pan Zhong Pan Haitao Lin, Rupeng Du, Rupeng Du, Zhong Pan Rupeng Du, Rupeng Du, Jincheng Sun, Zhong Pan Zhong Pan Yongqiang Tian, Hui Lin, Zhong Pan Zhong Pan Haitao Lin, Rupeng Du, Haitao Lin, Jincheng Sun, Haitao Lin, Shuanxi Liu, Jincheng Sun, Jincheng Sun, Rupeng Du, Hui Lin, Hui Lin, Haitao Lin, Hui Lin, Hui Lin, Shuanxi Liu, Jincheng Sun, Rupeng Du, Hui Lin, Hui Lin, Haitao Lin, Jincheng Sun, Jincheng Sun, Haitao Lin, Zhong Pan Hui Lin, Hui Lin, Rupeng Du, Hui Lin, Hui Lin, Hui Lin, Hui Lin, Hui Lin, Hui Lin, Hui Lin, Zhong Pan Hui Lin, Hui Lin, Zhong Pan Hui Lin, Yongqiang Tian, Zhong Pan Hui Lin, Zhong Pan Zhong Pan Hui Lin, Hui Lin, Haitao Lin, Hui Lin, Hui Lin, Zhisong Zhang, Haitao Lin, Wenfeng Xu, Zhong Pan Hui Lin, Yongqiang Tian, Wenfeng Xu, Rupeng Du, Hui Lin, Hui Lin, Zhong Pan

Summary

Researchers found microplastics widely distributed in the coastal waters and marine organisms of Xiamen City, China, with fiber and fragment shapes predominating, posing threats to coastal ecosystem resilience and long-term environmental sustainability.

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Microplastics have raised growing awareness due to their ubiquity and menaces to coastal resilience and sustainability. The abundance, distribution, and characteristics of microplastics in water and organisms in Xiamen were evaluated. Results showed that the average abundance of microplastics in the surface water of Xiamen Bay was 1.55 ± 1.94 items/m. The dominant color, size, shape, and polymer type were white, 1.0-2.5 mm, and fragments and lines, and polyethylene and polypropylene, respectively. The average abundance of microplastics in the fish in Xiamen was 2.44 ± 1.56 items/g wet weight. They were dominated by fibers of blue polyethersulfone and polyethylene terephthalate, and sizes <2.5 mm. There was a negative correlation between the polymer type in fish and that in water, while a positive correlation between shapes of microplastics of both fish species. Results will aid in formulating management measures for preventing microplastic pollution in Xiamen, ultimately promoting coastal resilience and sustainability of coastal communities.

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