期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 703, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134807
关键词
Microplastics; Mangrove sediments; Surface morphologies; Abundance; Spatial distribution
资金
- National Key Research and Development Program of China, China [2016YFC1402202]
- Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS, China [QYZDJ-SSW-DQC015]
- Sino-German Cooperation Project Megacity's fingerprint in Chinese southern marginal seas: Investigation of pollutant fingerprints and dispersal, MEGAPOL Project, German (BMBF) [03F0786A]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China, China [41771351]
Mangroves are a unique and important type of coastal wetlands in the tropical and subtropical zones worldwide. The abundance and spatial distribution of microplastics in the mangrove sediments however are still poorly understood. The present study aimed to illustrate the characteristics, abundance and spatial distribution of microplastics in different mangrove sediments along the south-eastern coastal zones of China. Microplastic samples (roughly 10-20 kg fresh sediments at each site) taken from 21 sampling sites showed various shapes, colors, composition, sizes, surface morphology, abundance and strong spatial heterogeneity. Five different shapes of microplastics with a variety of colors were detected in the mangrove sediments, among which foams (74.6%) and fibers (14.0%) were the dominant types. The polymer composition of the microplastics identified based on the FT-IR and mu-FTIR covered polystyrene (75.2%), polypropylene (11.7%), rayon (4.6%), polyester (3.4%), polyethylene (2.8%) and acrylic (2.4%). The observed microplastics with a size range of less than 2 mm made up 58.6% of the total microplastic particles. The microplastics had various surface morphologies, exhibiting complicated weathered surfaces. The abundance of microplastics showed a substantial variation among the sampling sites, ranging from 8.3 to 5738.3 items kg(-1) (dry sediment). Altogether, our study provides a better understanding of microplastic pollution status and prevention policy-making of mangrove habitats in China. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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