PMID- 35526380
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220530
LR  - 20220530
IS  - 1879-3363 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 179
DP  - 2022 Jun
TI  - Microplastics in Kenya's marine nearshore surface waters: Current status.
PG  - 113710
LID - S0025-326X(22)00392-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113710 [doi]
AB  - Microplastics (MPs) were collected at six locations along Kenya's marine 
      nearshore surface waters using a 300 mum mesh-size manta net. The samples were 
      washed over a 125-mum mesh size sieve No.120 into a glass jar and preserved in 70% 
      ethanol. MPs were sorted, counted visually under a dissecting microscope then 
      identified using attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared 
      (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. A total of 1473 particles with an overall mean 
      concentration of 0.58 +/- 1.29 MPs m(-3), were collected. Fragments were the most 
      common types representing 55% of the total MPs, followed by films (40%) and 
      fibers (2%). Polypropylene (PP) was dominant (52%), high-density polyethylene 
      (HDPE) comprised 38% and low density polyethylene (LDPE) 10% of the total MPs. 
      This study provided baseline information, in which Malindi was identified as a 
      hot spot for MPs pollution. Furthermore, the outcomes will assist policy 
      formulations and management strategies aimed at controlling marine plastics.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Kosore, Charles Mitto
AU  - Kosore CM
AD  - Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box 81651-80100, Mombasa, 
      Kenya; Department of Chemistry(,) Pwani University, P.O Box 195-80108, Kilifi 
      County, Kenya. Electronic address: ckosore@gmail.com.
FAU - Ojwang, Loice
AU  - Ojwang L
AD  - Department of Chemistry, Taita-Taveta University, P.O. Box 635-80300, Voi, Kenya.
FAU - Maghanga, Justin
AU  - Maghanga J
AD  - Department of Chemistry, Taita-Taveta University, P.O. Box 635-80300, Voi, Kenya.
FAU - Kamau, Joseph
AU  - Kamau J
AD  - Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box 81651-80100, Mombasa, 
      Kenya.
FAU - Shilla, Daniel
AU  - Shilla D
AD  - Department of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries, University of Dar es Salaam, 
      Tanzania.
FAU - Everaert, Gert
AU  - Everaert G
AD  - Flanders Marine Institute, Ostend, Belgium.
FAU - Khan, Farhan R
AU  - Khan FR
AD  - Norwegian Research Center (NORCE), Nygardsporten 112, NO-5008 Bergen, Norway.
FAU - Shashoua, Yvonne
AU  - Shashoua Y
AD  - Environmental Archaeology and Materials Science, National Museum of Denmark, 
      Denmark.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220505
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
RN  - 0 (Microplastics)
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Kenya
MH  - *Microplastics
MH  - Plastics
MH  - Polyethylene
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - East Africa, nearshore
OT  - Microplastics
OT  - Polymers
OT  - Surface waters
EDAT- 2022/05/09 06:00
MHDA- 2022/05/31 06:00
CRDT- 2022/05/08 18:10
PHST- 2021/09/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/03/11 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/04/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/05/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/05/31 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/05/08 18:10 [entrez]
AID - S0025-326X(22)00392-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113710 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2022 Jun;179:113710. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113710. Epub 
      2022 May 5.