Microplastic Abundance in the Mouths of Rivers and Streams Reaching the Marmara Sea and the Bosphorus

A Andrady; P Farrell; K Nelson; E Foekema; C De Gruijter; M Mergia; J Van Franeker; A Murk; A Koelmans; H Webb; P Lindeque; E Fileman; C Halsband; T Galloway; M Zobkov; E Esiukova; T Rocha-Santos; A Duarte; Y Tasdemir; S Tuncer; O Artuz; M Demirkol; M Artuz; J Weinstein; B Crocker; A Gray; S Eo; S Hong; Y Song; J Lee; W Shim; K Enders; R Lenz; C Stedmon; T Nielsen; N Phuong; V Fauvelle; C Grenz; M Ourgaud; N Schmidt; E Strady; R Sempr; N Hartmann; T Hu; R Thompson; M Hassello; A Verschoor; A Daugaard; S Rist; T Karlsson; N Brennholt; M Cole; M Herrling; M Hess; N Ivleva; A Lusher; M Wagner; O Abayomi; P Range; M Al-Ghouti; S Hashim; R Ben-Hamadou

doi:10.17758/eirai10.f1021208

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Microplastic Abundance in the Mouths of Rivers and Streams Reaching the Marmara Sea and the Bosphorus

2021

A Andrady, P Farrell, K Nelson, E Foekema, C De Gruijter, M Mergia, J Van Franeker, A Murk, A Koelmans, H Webb, P Lindeque, E Fileman, C Halsband, T Galloway, M Zobkov, E Esiukova, T Rocha-Santos, A Duarte, Y Tasdemir, S Tuncer, O Artuz, M Demirkol, M Artuz, J Weinstein, B Crocker, A Gray, S Eo, S Hong, Y Song, J Lee, W Shim, K Enders, R Lenz, C Stedmon, T Nielsen, N Phuong, V Fauvelle, C Grenz, M Ourgaud, N Schmidt, E Strady, R Sempr, N Hartmann, T Hu, R Thompson, M Hassello, A Verschoor, A Daugaard, S Rist, T Karlsson, N Brennholt, M Cole, M Herrling, M Hess, N Ivleva, A Lusher, M Wagner, O Abayomi, P Range, M Al-Ghouti, S Hashim, R Ben-Hamadou

Summary

This study measured microplastic distribution in water and sediment at the mouths of nine streams entering the Marmara Sea and the Bosphorus in Turkey. It characterized microplastic abundance, type, size, and color across both surface water and deep sediment samples.

Study Type Environmental

In this study, the distribution, type, size and color of microplastics (MPs) in 9 stream mouths pouring into the Marmara Sea were investigated. Both sea surface water and deep sea sediment samples were collected to determine MP abundance at these stream (STR) stations. According to the results obtained, the spatial distribution of microplastics was determined. Higher MP abundance has been detected at the mouths of rivers where anthropogenic and industrial activities are intense. While the highest MP content was found in STR-3 (Ayamama Stream) in sea surface samples, STR-6 (Kathane Stream) was the station where the highest MPs were observed in deep sediment samples. On the other hand, while fragments were dominant type MPs in sea surface samples, filament type MPs were dominant in deep sea sediments.

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