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Preliminary Study on Abundance of Microplastic in Sediments and Water Samples Along the Coast of Pakistan (Sindh and Balochistan)-Northern Arabian Sea

Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2021 25 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 40 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Quratulan Ahmed, Ayşah Öztekin Levent Bat, Levent Bat, Quratulan Ahmed, Ayşah Öztekin Quratulan Ahmed, Quratulan Ahmed, Ayşah Öztekin Ayşah Öztekin Ayşah Öztekin Ayşah Öztekin Levent Bat, Levent Bat, Levent Bat, Levent Bat, Quratulan Ahmed, Qadeer Mohammad Ali, Qadeer Mohammad Ali, Qadeer Mohammad Ali, Levent Bat, Ayşah Öztekin Ayşah Öztekin Ayşah Öztekin Ayşah Öztekin Qadeer Mohammad Ali, Levent Bat, Levent Bat, Levent Bat, Ayşah Öztekin Qadeer Mohammad Ali, Levent Bat, Quratulan Ahmed, Sehrish Memon, Levent Bat, Azizullah Baloch, Azizullah Baloch, Levent Bat, Levent Bat, Ayşah Öztekin

Summary

Researchers found high levels of microplastic contamination along 25 locations on Pakistan's Arabian Sea coastline, with mean concentrations of 582 particles/L in seawater and 987 particles/kg in sediment, and fibers comprising up to 99% of all detected microplastics.

Study Type Environmental

Plastic material dominates our life and accordingly, it dominates the environment as a pollutant. Pakistan coasts are facing with plastic pollution problem like the rest of the world. The number and types of microplastics found in sea water and sediment samples from 25 locations along the Arabian Sea coast of Pakistan were explored in this study. The results of the present study show that the region is under a high pollution from microplastics. Microplastic abundance in seawater was found as mean 582.12±246.14 particle. L-1 and in sediment samples was mean 987.40±617.06 particle.kg-1 dry sediment. Microplastic concentration was maximum in Manora both seawater and sediment samples. Fibers were major contribution to total microplastics, up to 99% of all samples both seawater and sediment samples.

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