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DOI	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111239
	Microplastics in subsurface coastal waters along the southern coast of Viti Levu in Fiji; South Pacific
	Dehm J.; Singh S.; Ferreira M.; Piovano S.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0025326X
卷号	156
英文摘要	Microplastics (MPs) remain largely understudied in Small Island Developing States. This study is aimed at comparing the abundance and characteristics of MPs in rural and urban marine coastal sites located along the southern coast of Fiji's main inhabited island, Viti Levu. Collection of subsurface waters (at depth of ca. 0.6 m) was performed at seven sites via Niskin bottle. Samples were filtered over a membrane filter to extract MPs and to allow visual analysis and polymer identification by using attenuated total reflectance in Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Findings from this study depict widespread presence of MPs in both urban and rural sites, and show no significant differences in the four parameters studied, i.e. abundance of MP pieces (2.0 vs 1.6 MP/L, respectively), form types (dominance of fibers), size (0.5–0.9 and 1.0–1.4 mm totaling 48% of the samples), and color (blue contributing 30%, and red and black contributing 25% each). These findings challenge the common expectation of a higher MPs pollution in urban areas compared to rural areas. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Coastal pollution; Microfibers; Microplastics; Pacific Islands; Rural area; SIDS; Urban area
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Bottles; Coastal engineering; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Microplastic; Rural areas; Attenuated total reflectance; Coastal waters; Membrane filters; Rural and urban; Small island developing state; Subsurface waters; Urban and rural sites; Visual analysis; Urban growth; microplastic; plastic; anthropogenic source; coastal water; concentration (composition); marine pollution; plastic waste; polymer; source apportionment; subsurface flow; Article; coastal waters; color; Fiji; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; microplastic pollution; particle size; rural area; urban area; water pollution; environmental monitoring; water pollutant; Fiji; Viti Levu; Environmental Monitoring; Fiji; Microplastics; Plastics; Water Pollutants, Chemical
来源期刊	Marine Pollution Bulletin
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/148921
作者单位	School of Marine Studies, Faculty of Science Technology and Environment, The University of the South Pacific, Laucala Bay Road, Suva, Fiji
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dehm J.,Singh S.,Ferreira M.,et al. Microplastics in subsurface coastal waters along the southern coast of Viti Levu in Fiji; South Pacific[J],2020,156.
APA	Dehm J.,Singh S.,Ferreira M.,&Piovano S..(2020).Microplastics in subsurface coastal waters along the southern coast of Viti Levu in Fiji; South Pacific.Marine Pollution Bulletin,156.
MLA	Dehm J.,et al."Microplastics in subsurface coastal waters along the southern coast of Viti Levu in Fiji; South Pacific".Marine Pollution Bulletin 156(2020).