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Microplastic pollution in North Yellow Sea, China: Observations on occurrence, distribution and identification
The Science of The Total Environment2018
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Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Xuemei Sun,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Huaiyu Bai,
Huaiyu Bai,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Keming Qu
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Bijuan Chen,
Keming Qu
Lin Zhu,
Bijuan Chen,
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Bin Xia,
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Keming Qu
Bin Xia,
Keming Qu
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Summary
Researchers surveyed microplastic pollution across the North Yellow Sea, documenting their occurrence, distribution, and characteristics, and finding widespread contamination with higher concentrations in coastal areas and near river inputs.
Microplastics are emerging contaminants and have attracted widespread environmental concerns about their negative effects on the marine ecosystems. In this study, we investigated the abundances, distributions and characteristics of microplastics in surface seawater and sediments from the North Yellow Sea. The results showed that the abundance of microplastics was 545 ± 282 items/m in surface seawater and 37.1 ± 42.7 items/kg dry weight in sediments, representing a medium microplastic pollution level compared with other sea areas. Small microplastics (<1 mm) made up >70% of the total microplastic numbers. Films and fibers were the dominant shapes of microplastics in both the surface seawater and sediments. Transparent microplastics were generally more common than microplastics of other colors. Based on the identification by a Fourier transform infrared microscope, polyethylene (PE) was the dominant composition of microplastics in surface seawater, while polypropylene (PP) was the most common polymer type in sediments. These results will improve our understanding of the environmental risks posed by microplastics to marine ecosystems.