Preliminary Study on Abundance of Microplastic in Sediments and Water Samples Along the Coast of Pakistan (Sindh and Balochistan)-Northern Arabian Sea

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dc.authoridOZTEKIN, Aysah/0000-0002-3726-7134
dc.authoridBat, Levent/0000-0002-2289-6691
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Quratulan
dc.contributor.authorAli, Qadeer Mohammad
dc.contributor.authorBat, Levent
dc.contributor.authorOztekin, Aysah
dc.contributor.authorMemon, Sehrish
dc.contributor.authorBaloch, Azizullah
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-23T19:25:51Z
dc.date.available2025-03-23T19:25:51Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentSinop Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractPlastic material dominates our life and accordingly, it dominates the environment as a pollutant. Pakistan coasts are facing with plastic pollution problem like the rest of the world. The number and types of microplastics found in sea water and sediment samples from 25 locations along the Arabian Sea coast of Pakistan were explored in this study. The results of the present study show that the region is under a high pollution from microplastics. Microplastic abundance in seawater was found as mean 582.12 +/- 246.14 particle. L-1 and in sediment samples was mean 987.40 +/- 617.06 particle.kg-1 dry sediment. Microplastic concentration was maximum in Manora both seawater and sediment samples. Fibers were major contribution to total microplastics, up to 99% of all samples both seawater and sediment samples.
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Karachi
dc.description.sponsorshipAuthors thank to Institute of Marine Reference Collection and Resources Centre, University of Karachi for supporting in field sampling and data analysis and lab facilities and Kashif Jameel for assisting field sampling.
dc.identifier.doi10.4194/TRJFAS19998
dc.identifier.issn1303-2712
dc.identifier.issn2149-181X
dc.identifier.issue7
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85116247474
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4194/TRJFAS19998
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11486/4583
dc.identifier.volume22
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000898185300002
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCentral Fisheries Research Inst
dc.relation.ispartofTurkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250323
dc.subjectMicroplastic
dc.subjectFibers
dc.subjectNorthern Arabian Sea
dc.subjectSediment
dc.titlePreliminary Study on Abundance of Microplastic in Sediments and Water Samples Along the Coast of Pakistan (Sindh and Balochistan)-Northern Arabian Sea
dc.typeArticle

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