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Identification of microplastic waste in sea water, sediment in the sea waters of Dumai City, Riau Province

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 2021 3 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Dessy Yoswaty, Feliatra, Bintal Amin, Nursyirwani, M Mardalisa, Zientika, Eza Buana Fatwa, Deni Pakpahan

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Researchers detected and characterised microplastic waste in seawater and seabed sediments from coastal Indonesian waters. The study identified multiple polymer types and particle morphologies, indicating inputs from both land-based waste and degradation of larger plastic items at sea.

Study Type Environmental

Abstract This study aims to determine the types of microplastics in the waters of Dumai City. The method used in this research is a survey method, namely by direct observation in the field and data analysis in the laboratory. Based on research from seawater and sediment taken from seawater in Dumai City, it was found three types of microplastics, referred to as Fiber, Fragment and Filament, whose abundance was significantly different. The average abundance of microplastics in seawater is 0.130-0.200 particles / L particles / L; The sediment was 193.33-746.67 particles/Kg.

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