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DOI	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.07.066
	Microplastic prevalence in the beaches of Puducherry; India and its correlation with fishing and tourism/recreational activities
	Dowarah K.; Devipriya S.P.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0025326X
起始页码	123
结束页码	133
卷号	148
英文摘要	The prevalence of microplastics in the sediments of six beaches of the Puducherry coast in India was studied and its correlation to fishing activities and recreational activities was analysed. On an average, 72.03 ± 19.16 microplastic particles/100 g dry weight of sediments is found to be the microplastic abundance in the study. A Strong positive correlation (Pearson's R = 0.92, p = 0.0103) between fishing activity and microplastic abundance and a weak correlation (Pearson's R = 0.04, p = 0.932) between microplastic abundance and recreational activities is found. Majority (65.12%) of the microplastics belongs to the size bracket of 300 μm-1 mm and only 34.88% were large microplastics (>1 mm). The Polymers of the microplastics were identified as Polypropylene, HDPE, LDPE, Polystyrene, Polyurethane etc. using Raman spectroscopy. Microplastic fragments comprise 56.32% of the total particles. In terms of colour of the microplastics, white (26.92%) is the most abundant. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Beach pollution; Fishing activity; Microplastic pollution; Microplastics; Tourism
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Beaches; Fisheries; Pollution; Polypropylenes; Beach pollution; Fishing activities; Microplastic particles; Microplastics; Positive correlations; Recreational activities; Tourism; Weak correlation; Microplastic; plastic; polyethylene; polypropylene; polystyrene; polyurethan; polypropylene; polystyrene derivative; Article; correlational study; dry weight; fishing; India; particle size; prevalence; Raman spectrometry; recreation; seashore; sediment; tourism; chemistry; environmental monitoring; recreation; travel; water pollutant; Environmental Monitoring; Geologic Sediments; India; Microplastics; Polypropylenes; Polystyrenes; Recreation; Travel; 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/149620
作者单位	Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 605014, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dowarah K.,Devipriya S.P.. Microplastic prevalence in the beaches of Puducherry; India and its correlation with fishing and tourism/recreational activities[J],2019,148.
APA	Dowarah K.,&Devipriya S.P..(2019).Microplastic prevalence in the beaches of Puducherry; India and its correlation with fishing and tourism/recreational activities.Marine Pollution Bulletin,148.
MLA	Dowarah K.,et al."Microplastic prevalence in the beaches of Puducherry; India and its correlation with fishing and tourism/recreational activities".Marine Pollution Bulletin 148(2019).