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Prevalence of microplastic fibers in the marginal sea water column off southeast China
The Science of The Total Environment2021
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Daoji Li
Lixin Zhu,
Daoji Li,
Xiaohui Wang,
Lixin Zhu,
Xiaohui Wang,
Xiaohui Wang,
Lixin Zhu,
Xiaohui Wang,
Xiaohui Wang,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Daoji Li,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Daoji Li
Lixin Zhu,
Kai Liu,
Lixin Zhu,
Xiaohui Wang,
Xiaohui Wang,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Daoji Li
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Lixin Zhu,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Kai Liu,
Kai Liu,
Kai Liu,
Xiaohui Wang,
Xiaohui Wang,
Xiaohui Wang,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Lixin Zhu,
Daoji Li
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Xiaohui Wang,
Xiaohui Wang,
Xiaohui Wang,
Xiaohui Wang,
Xiaohui Wang,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Lixin Zhu,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li,
Lixin Zhu,
Xiaohui Wang,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Lixin Zhu,
Xiaohui Wang,
Lixin Zhu,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Xiaohui Wang,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Xiaohui Wang,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Xiaohui Wang,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Lixin Zhu,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Xiaohui Wang,
Xiaohui Wang,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Lixin Zhu,
Lixin Zhu,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li,
Lixin Zhu,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Lixin Zhu,
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Daoji Li
Daoji Li,
Daoji Li
Summary
Researchers conducted intensive sampling of the marginal sea water column off southeast China and found that microplastic fibers — predominantly polyethylene — were widely distributed, with hydrological dynamics rather than direct terrestrial input driving their spatial patterns during the summer monsoon. The study provides rare data on microplastic fiber distribution in the vertical water column of marginal seas.
Microplastic (MP) fibers are present in all environmental media, yet little is known about their distribution, sources, and transport in the water column of marginal seas. In this study, we conducted an intensive sampling campaign in the marginal sea water column off southeast China, which is an area that is greatly influenced by high MP emissions. We found that hydrological effects largely regulated the spatial variations of MP fiber distribution and that MP fibers likely were not entering the South China Sea through terrestrial input from southeast China during the summer monsoon. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers were pervasive in the surface water (SW) (89.47%), subsurface chlorophyll maximum layer (SCML) (92.65%), and bottom water (BW) (94.29%) of the water column during the sampling period. Approximately 32% of MP fibers in the samples were smaller than 330 μm. The abundance of MP fibers in SW was significantly lower than that in the SCML and BW. Based on this observation, we estimated the inventory of MP fibers in the SW, SCML, and BW of the sampling area to be 1.377-1.378, 2.820-2.825, and 2.627-2.629 metric tons, respectively. These results improved our understanding of the source-to-sink process of MP fiber contamination in the water column of marginal seas.