Occurrence of microplastics in the coastal marine environment: First observation on sediment of China

•The quantity and composition of microplastics are investigated at 5 sediment sites in China for the first time.•The number of microplastics was at the range of 251–436 items/50g sediment.•Polyesters, polyethylene terephthalate, high density polyesters and polystyrene were identified using u-FTIR. M...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Marine pollution bulletin 2015-09, Vol.98 (1-2), p.274-280
Hauptverfasser:	Qiu, Qiongxuan, Peng, Jinping, Yu, Xubiao, Chen, Fangchaizi, Wang, Jundong, Dong, Fenqiang
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	China Environmental Monitoring - instrumentation Environmental Monitoring - methods Fluorescence microscope FTIR Geologic Sediments - analysis Geologic Sediments - chemistry Microplastics Microscopy, Fluorescence - methods Plastics - analysis Sediment Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
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Zusammenfassung:	•The quantity and composition of microplastics are investigated at 5 sediment sites in China for the first time.•The number of microplastics was at the range of 251–436 items/50g sediment.•Polyesters, polyethylene terephthalate, high density polyesters and polystyrene were identified using u-FTIR. Microplastics in sediments from the Beibu Gulf and the coastline of China Sea were investigated to evaluate the occurrence and abundance of microplastics in China for the first time. Microplastics (
ISSN:	0025-326X 1879-3363
DOI:	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.07.028