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Characterization of microplastics in mangrove sediment of Muara Angke Wildlife Reserve, Indonesia
Summary
A study of Muara Angke mangrove sediments in Jakarta found an average of 28.09 particles/kg dry sediment, with higher concentrations outside the mangrove canopy, foam as the dominant shape, and polystyrene, polypropylene, and polyethylene as the main polymers.
An investigation of microplastic abundance and its characteristics was conducted in Muara Angke Wildlife Reserve, a relic mangrove forest in the Jakarta metropolitan, to contribute to marine microplastics' national data inventory. Microplastics were found in all the stations, with an average of 28.09 ± 10.28 particles per kg of dry sediment (n kg). Sediments in the outside mangrove area contained more microplastics than the inside area. Foam form was the most dominant in all the samples and was found more abundant on the outside. More than half of microplastics were of size <1000 μm, and nearly 50% were polystyrenes. This polymer is widely used for food packaging, which is prone to be fragmented. Polypropylene and polyethylene form another 50% of microplastics, which are widely used for textiles and fishing gears. As Jakarta is the largest city in Indonesia, this microplastic dataset may be the benchmark for other mangroves around the country.