Abstract：
:Plastic pollution is now ubiquitous in the world's oceans, and studies have shown macroplastic and microplastic pollution of beaches in several East Asian countries. However, to our knowledge, no study of microplastic pollution has been conducted in Taiwan yet. Therefore, we collected sand samples from four beaches along the northern coast of Taiwan in 2015 and extracted microplastic particles using a saturated NaCl solution. Microplastic particles were identified using synchrotron-based FTIR spectroscopy. We recovered 4 to 532 particles from eight 0.0125m(3) samples, with a total of 1097 particles weighing 0.771g. A negative trend between the size of the particles and their numbers was documented. We thus established that microplastic pollution was ubiquitous along Taiwan's northern coast. Future research should more comprehensively sample beaches around the entirety of Taiwan's coast, and special emphasis should be placed on identifying different sources and movements of microplastic.
journal_name
Mar Pollut Bulljournal_title
Marine pollution bulletinauthors
Kunz A,Walther BA,Löwemark L,Lee YCdoi
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.07.022subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-10-15 00:00:00pages
126-135issue
1-2eissn
0025-326Xissn
1879-3363pii
S0025-326X(16)30568-9journal_volume
111pub_type
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更新日期：2015-06-15 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.02.047
更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 社论
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.01.050
更新日期：2014-03-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.12.022
更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.01.014
更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.10.026
更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.08.032
更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.025
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.010
更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.07.021
更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.05.055
更新日期：2017-07-15 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.039
更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.09.007
更新日期：2015-11-15 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.10.074
更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.12.047
更新日期：2014-02-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110604
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
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