Microplastic Occurrences in Sediments Collected from Marmara Sea-Istanbul, Turkey

Baysal A., Saygin H., Ustabasi G. S.

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, cilt.105, sa.4, ss.522-529, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 105 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00128-020-02993-9
  • Dergi Adı: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, PASCAL, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Compendex, EMBASE, Environment Index, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Greenfile, INSPEC, MEDLINE, Pollution Abstracts, Public Affairs Index, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.522-529
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Microplastics, Plastic pollution, Sediment, marine, Turkey, POLLUTION, PLASTICS, WATERS, AREA
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.Microplastics are persistent, synthetic polymers that have managed to spread even to the most remote places on earth. Studies reporting on the abundance of microplastics have recently increased worldwide, which has raised environmental concerns among scientific communities. Nevertheless, evidence of microplastic contamination from Turkey is limited even though the location is a critical point and the population is higher than most countries in the region. Thus, we aimed to detect microplastics in sediment samples collected from the Marmara Sea in Istanbul-Turkey. In this study, fourteen sediment samples were collected and sub-sampled, then plastic debris was extracted, quantified and characterized by the morphology and polymer structure. The result revealed that all of the samples contained microplastics, and their concentrations ranged between 0.3 and 85.6 g/kg sediment, and the most abundant plastic types were acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, ethylene vinyl acetate, and polystyrene.