Spatiotemporal distribution of microplastic debris in the surface beach sediment of the southeastern coast of Bangladesh

Spatiotemporal distribution of microplastic debris in the surface beach sediment of the southeastern coast of Bangladesh

This study undertakes a spatiotemporal analysis of microplastic pollution in surface beach sediments, covering 7 coastal beaches in Bangladesh and two seasons-monsoon and winter. The concentration of microplastics extracted from the surface beach sediment is 242.86 particles/kg dw. The results showe...

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Main Authors: Jarin Tasnim, Md Kawser Ahmed, Kazi Belayet Hossain, Muhammad Saiful Islam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-11-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
Microplastics
Marine pollution
Spatiotemporal analysis
Beach sediment
FT-IR
SEM
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023090722

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