Characteristics and ecological risks of microplastic pollution in a tropical drinking water source reservoir in Hainan province, China

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,451-460
DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00528C, Paper
Ling Mo, Hongyu Fu, Qiyuan Lu, Sifan Chen, Ruijuan Liu, Jun Xiang, Qiao Xing, Licheng Wang, Kexin Sun, Bowen Li, Jing Zheng
The overall abundance of microplastics in water was 3.05 ± 1.16 items per L and in sediment was 0.15 ± 0.06 items per g dw. The pollution load index and the potential ecological hazards of microplastics in most sites are at a low level.
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