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Studies of Micro Plastics contamination on mussels, seawater,and sediment at Sanrobengi Island of South Sulawesi

Advances in Environmental Biology 2020 4 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Ramdha Mawaddha, Akbar Tahir, S Dewi, H Agusnar, B Wirjosentono, Halimah, M Riza, Gesamp, S Khn, B Van Werven, A Van Oyen, A Meijboom, E Bravo Rebolledo, J Van Franeker, W Zhang, D Yang, D Li, M Browne, A Dissanayake, T Galloway, D Lowe, B De Witte, L Devriese, K Bekaert, S Hoffman, G Vandermeersch, K Cooreman, J Robbens, H Li, M Liang, P Kolandhasamy, L Su, J Li, X Qu, K Jabeen, H Shi, C Avio, S Gorbi, F Regoli, T Soon, J Ransangan, C Rochman, A Tahir, S Williams, D Baxa, R Lam, J Miller, F Teh, S Werorilangi, S Teh, G Covernton, C Pearce, H Gurney-Smith, S Chastain, P Ross, J Dower, S Dudas, V Hidalgo-Ruz, L Gutow, R Thompson, M Thiel, W Shim, S Hong, S Eo, M Afdal, G Thushari, J Senevirathna, A Yakupitiyage, S Chavanich, D Syakti, R Bouhroum, V Hidayati, J Koenawan, A Boulkamh, V Gupta, Z Bashir, J Akindoyo, M Beg, S Ghazali, M Islam, N Jeyaratnam, A Yuvaraj

Summary

Researchers investigated microplastic contamination in mussels, seawater, and sediments at Sanrobengi Island in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Microplastics were detected in all three matrices, with fragments and fibers dominating. The study provides baseline data on microplastic pollution in a relatively understudied Indonesian coastal ecosystem.

Study Type Environmental

Demand for practical and consumptive lifestyles has encouraged increasing use of plastic each year. It consequently, has produced a significant amount of waste Plastic has a negative impact since it is persistent in the environment and not biodegradable. The plastic has the potential to cause pollution in the form of microplastic due to the fragmentation process into smaller pieces of less than 5 mm All organisms have the potential to interact with microplastic (MPs) in the sea, including those who live in the intertidal and tidal zone Several taxes that have been known to ingest plastics are mussels and oysters that can function as indicator species for MPs contamination Plastic consumption by the mussels has been widely identified at some places worldwide, such as in England [4], Belgium [5], China [7], [8] and Indonesia [9], [10], [11], [12]. As a consequence, the body tissue of the mussels is severely exposed until they suffer as the effect of consumed MPs [13], [10].

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