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Microplastics in seawater and two sides of the Taiwan Strait: Reflection of the social-economic development

Marine Pollution Bulletin 2021 39 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 50 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Qianqian Wu, Sha-Yen Cheng, Sha-Yen Cheng, Qianqian Wu, Mengyang Liu, Siguang Liu, Mengyang Liu, Mengyang Liu, Siguang Liu, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Minggang Cai Yongcheng Ding, Minggang Cai Mengyang Liu, Mengyang Liu, Mengyang Liu, Siguang Liu, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Siguang Liu, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Siguang Liu, Siguang Liu, Mengyang Liu, Mengyang Liu, Mengyang Liu, Mengyang Liu, Mengyang Liu, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Mengyang Liu, Yongcheng Ding, Mengyang Liu, Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Piao Chen, Peng Huang, Peng Huang, Mengyang Liu, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Mengyang Liu, Mengyang Liu, Peng Huang, Peng Huang, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Minggang Cai Mengyang Liu, Mengyang Liu, Mengyang Liu, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Sha-Yen Cheng, Minggang Cai Qianqian Wu, Peng Huang, Sha-Yen Cheng, Hongwei Ke, Yongcheng Ding, Minggang Cai Peng Huang, Peng Huang, Peng Huang, Hongwei Ke, Hongwei Ke, Hongwei Ke, Hongwei Ke, Sha-Yen Cheng, Sha-Yen Cheng, Yongcheng Ding, Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Yongcheng Ding, Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Sha-Yen Cheng, Hongwei Ke, Hongwei Ke, Peng Huang, Peng Huang, Mengyang Liu, Hongwei Ke, Peng Huang, Piao Chen, Sha-Yen Cheng, Piao Chen, Minggang Cai Peng Huang, Minggang Cai Yongcheng Ding, Mengyang Liu, Sha-Yen Cheng, Yongcheng Ding, Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Yongcheng Ding, Sha-Yen Cheng, Yongcheng Ding, Hongwei Ke, Minggang Cai Hongwei Ke, Hongwei Ke, Hongwei Ke, Minggang Cai Siguang Liu, Mengyang Liu, Minggang Cai Siguang Liu, Hongwei Ke, Minggang Cai Siguang Liu, Siguang Liu, Hongwei Ke, Minggang Cai Yongcheng Ding, Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Mengyang Liu, Yongcheng Ding, Minggang Cai Hongwei Ke, Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Hongwei Ke, Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Minggang Cai Minggang Cai

Summary

Researchers surveyed microplastic abundance in surface seawater and coastal sediments on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, finding differences in contamination levels that reflected contrasting levels of industrialization and urban development on the Chinese mainland versus Taiwan sides.

Study Type Environmental

Microplastic abundance, distribution and source characteristics were investigated for the surface seawaters from the Taiwan Strait as well as those of sediments along its west and east coasts. The microplastic abundances were in the range of 28-208 (mean 90) and 10-246 (mean 69) items/kg (d.w.) along the west and east coasts respectively. The higher microplastic abundance on the west coast might be related to the different local economic development, population, land-use and other human activities. Combined with microplastic pollution and socio-economic development, regression analysis results showed that urbanization level is negatively correlated with foams while positively correlated with fibers. This study, as the first report of microplastics in the Taiwan Strait, suggested further research on microplastics cross-strait transportation and the relationship with economic developments.

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