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Table 1
(continued)
Water
body
Biota species
Location
MPs concentration or occurrence/Abundance
MPs size
Polymer type; shape; color Country
References
Marine
Neocalanus
cristatus
Euphausia pacifia
Northeast Pacific
Ocean
1 particle per 34 copepods
1 particle per 17 euphausiids
555.5
± 148.7-μm
816.1
± 107.7-μm
Polystyrene spheres, 44%
fibers, 56% fragments in
Cristatus
Polystyrene spheres, 68%
fibers, 32% fragments
Pacifia
British Columbia,
Canada
[26]
Marine
bmussel Mytilus
edulis and
lugworm
Arenicola marina
French-Belgian-Dutch
North Sea coast
On average: 0.2
± 0.3 particles/g tissue
On average: 1.2
± 2.8 particles/g (0.2
± 0.3
<1 mm
LDPE, HDPE and PS; blue Frenche-Belgiane-Dutch
coastline
[27]
Marine
Mytilus edulis
Crassostrea gigas
The North Sea and the
Atlantic Ocean
0.36
± 0.07 particles/g (wet weight)
0.47
± 0.16 particles/g (wet weight)
<1 mm
Red particle, Green sphere Germany
[28]
Marine
Galeus
melastomus
Western
Mediterranean Sea
0.34
± 0.07 particles per individual
<5 mm
Cellophane (33.33%),
Polyacrylonitrile (4.55%),
PE (4.55%), PET (4.55%),
Poly Ethyl Acrylate
(27.27%), Polyacrylate
(1.52%), Polyamide (PA)
(12.12%), Polypropylene
(PP) (3.03%), Aklyd
(1.52%). Containing
filament (86.36%),
fragment (12.12%), and
film (1.51%) polymer;
Black, Blue, Red,
Transparent, White color
Balearic Islands
[29]
Marine
Loggerhead sea
turtles
South-West Indian
Ocean
96.2% of the turtle-ingested debris
79.88%
± 3.69 per turtle Hard plastic
11.29%
± 2.65 per turtle soft plastic
2.94
± 0.79 per turtle plastics cap
> 0.5 cm debris
0.1 cm fragments
Hard plastic, Soft plastic,
Plastic caps; hard white
and blue
Between Madagascar
and Reunion Island
[30]
Marine
Megaptera
novaeanglia
Johanna
A total of 16 plastic particles
1 mm–17 cm
PE, PP, PVC, PET, nylon;
sheets, fragments, and
threads
Netherlands
[31]
(continued)
T. A. Aragaw and B. A. Mekonnen
Table 1
(continued)
Water
body
Biota species
Location
MPs concentration or occurrence/Abundance
MPs size
Polymer type; shape; color Country
References
Marine
Neocalanus
cristatus
Euphausia pacifia
Northeast Pacific
Ocean
1 particle per 34 copepods
1 particle per 17 euphausiids
555.5
± 148.7-μm
816.1
± 107.7-μm
Polystyrene spheres, 44%
fibers, 56% fragments in
Cristatus
Polystyrene spheres, 68%
fibers, 32% fragments
Pacifia
British Columbia,
Canada
[26]
Marine
bmussel Mytilus
edulis and
lugworm
Arenicola marina
French-Belgian-Dutch
North Sea coast
On average: 0.2
± 0.3 particles/g tissue
On average: 1.2
± 2.8 particles/g (0.2
± 0.3
<1 mm
LDPE, HDPE and PS; blue Frenche-Belgiane-Dutch
coastline
[27]
Marine
Mytilus edulis
Crassostrea gigas
The North Sea and the
Atlantic Ocean
0.36
± 0.07 particles/g (wet weight)
0.47
± 0.16 particles/g (wet weight)
<1 mm
Red particle, Green sphere Germany
[28]
Marine
Galeus
melastomus
Western
Mediterranean Sea
0.34
± 0.07 particles per individual
<5 mm
Cellophane (33.33%),
Polyacrylonitrile (4.55%),
PE (4.55%), PET (4.55%),
Poly Ethyl Acrylate
(27.27%), Polyacrylate
(1.52%), Polyamide (PA)
(12.12%), Polypropylene
(PP) (3.03%), Aklyd
(1.52%). Containing
filament (86.36%),
fragment (12.12%), and
film (1.51%) polymer;
Black, Blue, Red,
Transparent, White color
Balearic Islands
[29]
Marine
Loggerhead sea
turtles
South-West Indian
Ocean
96.2% of the turtle-ingested debris
79.88%
± 3.69 per turtle Hard plastic
11.29%
± 2.65 per turtle soft plastic
2.94
± 0.79 per turtle plastics cap
> 0.5 cm debris
0.1 cm fragments
Hard plastic, Soft plastic,
Plastic caps; hard white
and blue
Between Madagascar
and Reunion Island
[30]
Marine
Megaptera
novaeanglia
Johanna
A total of 16 plastic particles
1 mm–17 cm
PE, PP, PVC, PET, nylon;
sheets, fragments, and
threads
Netherlands
[31]
(continued)