Cristin-resultat-ID: 1983945
Sist endret: 1. august 2022, 10:55
NVI-rapporteringsår: 2022
Resultat
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2022

Microplastic in the coral reef environments of the Gulf of Mannar, India - Characteristics, distributions, sources and ecological risks

Bidragsytere:
  • Jamila Patterson
  • K. Immaculate Jeyasanta
  • R.L. Laju
  • Andy Booth
  • Narmatha Sathish og
  • J.K. Patterson Edward

Tidsskrift

Environmental Pollution (1987)
ISSN 0269-7491
e-ISSN 1873-6424
NVI-nivå 1

Om resultatet

Vitenskapelig artikkel
Publiseringsår: 2022
Publisert online: 2022
Trykket: 2022
Volum: 298
Sider: 1 - 14
Artikkelnummer: 118848

Importkilder

Scopus-ID: 2-s2.0-85123060973

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Tittel

Microplastic in the coral reef environments of the Gulf of Mannar, India - Characteristics, distributions, sources and ecological risks

Sammendrag

Microplastics (MPs; particles 3 mm were predominant in sediments. Polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) were the most common polymers in both matrices. The major proportion of MPs in the GoM derived from land-based sources, with distance to the mainland, coastal population density and improper handling of solid waste being the main factors influencing the abundance of MPs. Polymer Hazard Index (PHI), Pollution Load Index (PLI) and Potential Ecological Risk Index (PERI) were used to assess current levels of MPs. While the GoM has high PHI values (>1000) resulting from MPs with high hazard scores (e.g. polyamide, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride), the PLI values (1.46 and 1.51) indicate low MPs pollution levels in GoM waters and sediments, and the PERI values (31.7 and 24.4) indicate that this represents a minor ecological risk. The results from the current study enhance our understanding of the characteristics, sources, and associated environmental risks of MPs to marine ecosystems. This data may provide a baseline for future monitoring and the formulation of environmental policy.

Bidragsytere

Jamila Patterson

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved India

K. Immaculate Jeyasanta

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved India

R.L. Laju

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved India

Andrew Michael Booth

Bidragsyterens navn vises på dette resultatet som Andy Booth
  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Klima og miljø ved SINTEF Ocean

Narmatha Sathish

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved India
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