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Microplastic pollution in surface seawater of Sanggou Bay, China: Occurrence, source and inventory
Marine Pollution Bulletin2020
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Qi Sui,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Qi Sui,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Qi Sui,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Lin Zhu,
Qi Sui,
Xuemei Sun,
Qi Sui,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Xuemei Sun,
Bijuan Chen,
Lin Zhu,
Qi Sui,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Minggang Cai,
Minggang Cai,
Minggang Cai,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Qi Sui,
Lin Zhu,
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Lin Zhu,
Qi Sui,
Lin Zhu,
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Lin Zhu,
Bijuan Chen,
Qi Sui,
Bin Xia,
Keming Qu,
Qi Sui,
Minggang Cai
Qi Sui,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Qi Sui,
Rongyuan Wang,
Lin Zhu,
Qi Sui,
Minggang Cai,
Minggang Cai,
Minggang Cai,
Minggang Cai
Keming Qu,
Qi Sui,
Keming Qu,
Minggang Cai
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Rongyuan Wang,
Lin Zhu,
Rongyuan Wang,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Rongyuan Wang,
Rongyuan Wang,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Minggang Cai,
Minggang Cai,
Minggang Cai,
Rongyuan Wang,
Bin Xia,
Qi Sui,
Bin Xia,
Rongyuan Wang,
Lin Zhu,
Keming Qu,
Bijuan Chen,
Qi Sui,
Rongyuan Wang,
Keming Qu,
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Rongyuan Wang,
Lin Zhu,
Bijuan Chen,
Rongyuan Wang,
Keming Qu,
Lin Zhu,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai
Keming Qu,
Minggang Cai,
Bin Xia,
Keming Qu,
Minggang Cai,
Bijuan Chen,
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Bin Xia,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Minggang Cai
Minggang Cai,
Keming Qu,
Keming Qu,
Minggang Cai,
Minggang Cai
Summary
Researchers surveyed microplastic pollution in the surface seawater of Sanggou Bay, China, finding average abundances of 20.06 items per litre dominated by polyethylene fragments smaller than 0.5 mm, and estimating that approximately 62.76% of the microplastic inventory originated from local aquaculture and fishing activities.
Microplastic pollution in marine environments has become a major global environmental issue. However, the source of microplastics in marine environments is poorly understood. Here, we investigated the distribution and the source of microplastics in surface seawater from Sanggou Bay, China. The results showed that the average abundance of microplastics was 20.06 ± 4.73 items/L, which represented a medium and high level relative to other sea areas. Microplastics of <0.5 mm dominated. Most particles were granular and transparent, and polyethylene was the dominant polymer. We estimated that 62.76% of the microplastics originated from mariculture facilities, an indication that mariculture contributes significantly to microplastics pollution, and calculated that 96.15 kg was present in surface seawater of Sanggou Bay. Our findings indicated that more attention should be paid to mariculture-derived microplastics pollution in the future.