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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
Freshwater Tubifex tubifex
worms
River Irwell, England 129
± 65.4 particles/g tissue (wet weight)
50–4500
μm in
length
PET, PS and acrylic fibers;
fibers (87%), 13%
Fragments; typically blue
(50%), black (22%), or red
(9%) color
UK
[41]
Freshwater Corbicula flumine
Yangtze River
0.3–4.9 items/g (or 0.4–5.0 items/individual)
0.021–4.83 mm
0.25–1 mm
dominant
PS(33%), followed by PP
(19%) and PE (9%);
60–40% fiber, 30% Blue
and transparent color, 70%
other colors (blue, red,
green, yellow, white)
China
[42]
Freshwater Gymnocypris
przewalskii
Xiangxi River,
25.7% of the collected fish contained
microplastics
0.3−1.8
PE in single fragment
recognized as nylon. Other
particles are recognized as
carbonate, wood, pigment,
and quartz.
China
[43]
Freshwater Ardea cinerea,
Cygnus olor Anas
platyrhynchos
Lake Geneva,
4.3
± 2.6 particles per bird
<5 mm
62% PE, 15% PP, 12% PS,
4% PVC; in the form of
film and foam
Switzerland
[44]