Holistic assessment of microplastics in various coastal environmental matrices, southwest coast of India.
Beach sediment
Coastal water
Fishes
India
Metal concentration
Microplastics
Journal
The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 Feb 2020
10 Feb 2020
Historique:
received:
30
07
2019
revised:
10
10
2019
accepted:
10
10
2019
pubmed:
18
11
2019
medline:
7
3
2020
entrez:
18
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Plastics in the marine environment are introduced through multiple pathways, and pose serious threats to aquatic biota. Recently microplastic pollution and its possible consequences in India have been recognized by the scientific community, however the extent of the crisis has not yet been quantified. The present study attempted to ascertain the abundance, distribution and characteristics of microplastics in coastal waters (14 locations), beach sediments (22 locations) and marine fishes (11 locations) from the state of Kerala, southwest coast of India. The results showed that the mean microplastic abundance was 1.25 ± 0.88 particles/m
Identifiants
pubmed: 31734498
pii: S0048-9697(19)34939-3
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134947
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Microplastics
0
Polyesters
0
Polypropylenes
0
Water Pollutants, Chemical
0
Polyethylene
9002-88-4
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
134947Informations de copyright
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