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Assessment and sources identification of microplastics, PAHs and OCPs in the Luoyuan Bay, China: Based on multi-statistical analysis
Marine Pollution Bulletin2022
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Mingyu Zhang,
Yaozong Cui,
Junjie Yu,
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Bo Peng,
Yan Lin,
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Yan Lin,
Haowen Zheng,
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Yan Lin,
Yan Lin,
Yan Lin,
Yan Lin,
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Yaozong Cui,
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Yan Lin,
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Minggang Cai
Xiangliang Meng,
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Xiangliang Meng,
Yaozong Cui,
Minggang Cai
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Minggang Cai
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Minggang Cai
Yaozong Cui,
Haowen Zheng,
Mingyu Zhang,
Mingyu Zhang,
Mingyu Zhang,
Minggang Cai
Linghao Lou,
Minggang Cai
Yan Lin,
Minggang Cai
Yan Lin,
Haowen Zheng,
Haowen Zheng,
Yaozong Cui,
Yaozong Cui,
Mingyu Zhang,
Linghao Lou,
Yan Lin,
Kazi Belayet Hossain,
Minggang Cai
Jilong Wang,
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Junjie Yu,
Minggang Cai
Junjie Yu,
Minggang Cai
Jilong Wang,
Xiangliang Meng,
Haowen Zheng,
Xiangliang Meng,
Yan Lin,
Yan Lin,
Minggang Cai
Yan Lin,
Jilong Wang,
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Yan Lin,
Minggang Cai
Linghao Lou,
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Haowen Zheng,
Minggang Cai
Yaozong Cui,
Linghao Lou,
Yan Lin,
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Haowen Zheng,
Bin Wu,
Minggang Cai
Yan Lin,
Linghao Lou,
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Mingyu Zhang,
Linghao Lou,
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Summary
Researchers applied multi-statistical analysis to assess microplastics, PAHs, and organochlorine pesticides in sediments across 21 sites in Luoyuan Bay, a mariculture-influenced bay in southeastern China, finding rayon fragments dominated microplastics and that pollution sources varied spatially across the bay. The upper bay was dominated by microplastic pollution while the lower bay showed higher persistent organic pollutant contamination.
Study Type
Environmental
Luoyuan Bay is a mariculture influenced water body located in southeastern China. Multi-statistical techniques were applied to 21 sampling locations in the bay to identify the sources of microplastics and other pollutants in the sediment. In microplastics detection, fragment was the most abundant shape (~36%), and rayon was the dominant polymer (~59%). The size of more than 48% of total microplastics observed was less than 200 μm. The study showed that the upper part of Luoyuan Bay was dominated by microplastic pollution, while the lower part of the bay was dominated by persistent organic pollutants (PAHs, OCPs). Mariculture is one of the main sources of pollution in Luoyuan Bay. Apart from mariculture, there were additional sources such as industry, land reclamation, port, and so on; industry and land reclamation were the leading sources of microplastics, while port, industry, and mariculture were the primary sources of PAHs and OCPs.