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Table 1
Form and abundance of microplastics in various marine waters and marine sediments
Locations
Dominant types of
microplastics
Microplastics size (mm)
Abundance/Concentration
References
MPs in water
samples of global
regions
Geoje and Jinhae Bays
Fiber, Hard plastic, Paint
particles, Styrofoam
<1.5
1.92
± 1.84 p/m 3
(before rainy
season); 5.51
± 11.24 p/m 3
(after rainy season)
[27]
Yangtze Estuary
Fibers, granules, films
0.5–5
4137.3
± 2461.5 p/m 3
(Estuarine); 0.167
± 0.138
p/m 3
(Sea)
[28]
Tokyo Bay, Suruga Bay, Ise
Bay, and Seto Inland Sea
Undegraded spherical
microbeads; Spherical
PE particles
0.3–5
0.161–0.446 p/m 3
[29]
Richard’s Bay Harbour,
Durban Harbour
Fibers
0.063–5
413.3
± 77.53 p/m 3
(Richard’s);
1200
± 133.2 p/m 3
(Durban)
[30]
South-eastern coastline
Fibers
0.080–5
257.9
± 53.36–1215
± 276.7
p/m 3
[31]
San Francisco Bay
Fragments, Fibers
0.355–0.999
0.15–2 p/m 2
[32]
Louisiana Coast
Fibers
<0.335
5.0–18.4 p/m 3
[33]
South Adriatic Sea
PE
0.2–0.5
0.04–4.65 p/m 2
[34]
MPs in sediment
samples of global
regions
Guanabara Bay
PP, nylon, PVA
<5
12–1300 p/m 2
[35]
Bays in Berlayar Creek
Fibers, films, granules
<0.040
36.8
± 23.6 p/kg
[36]
Tromsø
Polyester, PP, PE
<1
72
± 24 p/kg
[37]
Balearic Islands
Fragments (UDP)
0.5–2
900
± 100 p/kg
[13]
Ma’an Archipelago
PE, PP
<1
30.0
± 0.0–80.0
± 14.1 p/m 2
[10]
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