期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
卷 278, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116874
关键词
Microplastics; Surface water and sediments; Abundance and distribution; Shape, size, color and polymers
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under the program Science Fund for Creative Research Groups [41121064, 40821004]
Plastic pollution in the surface water and sediments of the Bohai Sea is mainly composed of microplastics, with significant variations in abundance and characteristics among different regions.
Plastics are globally distributed in oceans and can pose a threat to the environment and organisms. In this study, plastic pollution in surface water and sediments of the Bohai Sea was assessed based on plastic abundance, distribution and characteristics (shape, polymer, size and color). Water and sediment samples were collected across the sea using a plankton net (330 mm) and a grab sampler, respectively. The following conclusions were reached. 1) In surface water, large plastics were less abundant (0.14 items/m(3)) and showed less diverse characteristics than microplastics (0.79 items/m(3)) but did not significantly differ in spatial distribution. 2) Microplastics in water were more abundant (1.95 items/m(3)) with more diverse characteristics in Liaodong Bay than in other regions of the sea (0.26-0.59 items/m(3)). Plastic waste from highly concentrated agricultural, industrial and fishery activities could make large contributions to microplastics in Liaodong Bay. Additionally, low hydrodynamics and long distance to Bohai Strait are unfavorable for diffusion of particles, facilitating the retention of microplastics and increasing the abundance in this bay. 3) Microplastics in sediments were smaller in terms of dominant sizes (<0.5 mm) with less diverse characteristics than particles in water (0.5-1.5 mm). Specifically, fragments, foams and lines dominated among the microplastics in water, whereas fibers and fragments were dominant particles in sediments; alkyd resin, polyethylene, polystyrene and polypropylene (PP) predominated among the particles in water, but rayon, cellulose and PP were dominant particles in sediments. 4) Neither abundance nor size of microplastics in the two media was proportionally correlated and showed low similarity indexes of polymer (0.16), shape (0.29) or color (0.38). This could be related to mismatch in spatiotemporal distributions and variations in the characteristics, fate and behavior of microplastics in the two media. The findings provide knowledge for tracing the sources of plastics in the Bohai Sea. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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