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Growing Menace of Microplastics in and Around the Coastal Ecosystem
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Coastal ecosystems face escalating microplastic threats as particles accumulate in seawater, sediments, and the tissues of fish, dolphins, crabs, plankton, and benthic organisms, degrading water quality and disrupting food webs. The growing menace to coastal biodiversity underscores the urgency of reducing plastic inputs before irreversible harm is done to fisheries and ecosystems that billions of people depend on for food and livelihoods.
Microplastics have emerged as a major threat for the aquatic ecosystems in recent decades. They have been a great danger to the coastal ecosystems where they pose serious harmful effects on the water quality, fishes, dolphins, crabs, planktons, and other benthic...
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