Suspended microplastics in the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary System, China: First observations on occurrence, distribution

Zhao, Shiye; Zhu, Lixin; Wang, Teng; Li, Daoji

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.032

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Suspended microplastics in the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary System, China: First observations on occurrence, distribution

Published in Marine Pollution Bulletin • Jul 11, 2014

Authors:

Shiye Zhao

Lixin Zhu

Teng Wang

Abstract

Levels of microplastics (MPs) in China are completely unknown. This study characterizes suspended MPs quantitatively and qualitatively for the Yangtze Estuary and East China Sea. MPs were extracted via a floatation method. MPs were counted and categorized according to shape and size under a stereomi...

Subject

Microplastics

Estuary

Environmental science

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