Microplastic contamination and characteristics spatially vary in the southern Black Sea beach sediment and sea surface water
Marine Pollution Bulletin, cilt.174, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 174
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113228
- Dergi Adı: Marine Pollution Bulletin
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, EMBASE, Environment Index, Geobase, MEDLINE, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Coastal pollution, Persistent organic pollutants, Marine environment, Synthetic polymer, FTIR, PLASTIC DEBRIS, MARINE LITTER, COASTAL WATERS, MYTILUS-EDULIS, FISH LARVAE, ENVIRONMENT, INGESTION, ABUNDANCE, POLLUTION, ANCHOVY
- Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
© 2021 Elsevier LtdIn this study, the abundance, and characteristics of the microplastics on the southern coast of the Black Sea were assessed. More than 70% of the detected microplastics were smaller than 2.5 mm and mostly consisted of fibers and fragments. The average microplastic abundance in the beach sediment and seawater were 64.06 ± 8.95 particles/kg and 18.68 ± 3.01 particles/m3, respectively. The western coast of the study area (Marmara region) was the most polluted area, and a spatially significant difference was determined in terms of abundance. The composition in the beach sediment (particles/kg) was dominated by styrene acrylonitrile copolymer (SAC) (40.53%), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) (38.75%), and polyethylene (PE) (6.91%), whereas the seawater (particles/m3) was dominated by PET (57.26%), PE (13.52%), and polypropylene PP (11.24%). The results of our study can be a baseline for environmental modeling studies and experimental studies on the marine organisms inhabiting the Black Sea.