期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 755, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142629
关键词
Microplastics; Eastern Indian Ocean; Manta trawl; Source-fate
资金
- National Key Research and Development Program [2016YFC1402205]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41676190]
- ECNU Academic Innovation Promotion Program for Excellent Doctoral Students [YBNLTS2019-007]
- NSFC Shiptime Sharing Project [41849901]
The study found that microplastics in the Eastern Indian Ocean exhibit high spatial heterogeneity, mainly composed of polypropylene and polyethylene, and are affected by factors such as land-based plastic input and recirculation gyres.
Microplastics (MPs) have been documented in almost all marine environments, including coastal regions, the open ocean, and the deep sea. However, relatively little knowledge was available about MP pollution in the open ocean, especially the Indian Ocean. We conducted field observations at 36 stations in the Eastern Indian Ocean (EIO), using a typical manta trawl with a mesh size of 330 mu m for surface water sampling. Ours is the first study to obtained comprehensive and comparable baseline data about MPs in the EIO, including abundance, spatial distribution and characteristics. Abundance of MPs in the EIO varied from 0.01 items m(-2) to 4.53 items m(-2), with an average concentration of 0.34 +/- 0.80 item m(-2). The mean concentration of MPs in the Bay of Bengal (BoB) was 2.04 +/- 2.26 items m(-2) and 0.16 +/- 0.17 items m(-2) in the open ocean of the EIO. These results illustrate the high spatial heterogeneity of MPs distribution. Micro-FTIR analysis of polymer composition showed that the vast majority of MPs consisted of polypropylene (PP, 51.11%) and polyethylene (PE, 20.07%). Our data show that MP pollution in the EIO, whether in the epeiric sea or the open ocean, is among the highest of the world's oceans. The BoB is likely to become a MP hotspot due to the vast input of land-based plastics and the presence of multiscale recirculation gyres. These results are absolutely thought provoking: The EIO needs more attention on MPs. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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