PMID- 36121466
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20221125
LR  - 20221125
IS  - 1432-0800 (Electronic)
IS  - 0007-4861 (Linking)
VI  - 109
IP  - 6
DP  - 2022 Dec
TI  - Microplastics in Marine Nearshore Surface Waters of Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar, 
      East Africa.
PG  - 1037-1042
LID - 10.1007/s00128-022-03620-5 [doi]
AB  - Limited information exists on the occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in East 
      African coastal waters. A 300 mum manta net was used to collect surface water from 
      8 sites in the regions Dar es Salaam (DES) and Zanzibar (ZZ) during low and high 
      tides. DES had a higher (p < 0.05) abundance of MPs than ZZ. Fragments and fibers 
      were the dominant MP types at all sites. The number of fibers was significantly 
      higher (p = 0.002) in DES than in ZZ. MPs were more prevalent during high tide in 
      both DES and ZZ. The MPs within the 2-5 mm size range were identified most often. 
      White and blue MPs were the most common in study sites comprising 45% and 18% of 
      the total MPs respectively. Three polymers polypropylene (PP) high-density 
      polyethylene (HDPE) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) were identified. The 
      occurrence of MPs in nearshore waters of DES and ZZ is probably due to their 
      proximity to industrial areas, poor solid waste management, and high population 
      pressure.
CI  - (c) 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business 
      Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
FAU - Nchimbi, Amina Asiya
AU  - Nchimbi AA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4559-1436
AD  - School of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Technology, University of Dar es Salaam, 
      Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. asiyaanchimbi@gmail.com.
AD  - Department of Biology, College of Natural and Mathematical Science, University of 
      Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania. asiyaanchimbi@gmail.com.
AD  - Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Mombasa, Kenya. 
      asiyaanchimbi@gmail.com.
FAU - Kosore, Charles Mitto
AU  - Kosore CM
AD  - Department of Chemistry, University of Dar es Salaam, DUCE, Dar es Salaam, 
      Tanzania.
FAU - Oduor, Nancy
AU  - Oduor N
AD  - Department of Chemistry, University of Dar es Salaam, DUCE, Dar es Salaam, 
      Tanzania.
FAU - Shilla, Dativa Joseph
AU  - Shilla DJ
AD  - Environmental Archaeology and Materials Science (M&M), National Museum, 
      Copenhagen, Denmark.
FAU - Shashoua, Yvonne
AU  - Shashoua Y
AD  - Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE), Nygardsporten 112, NO-5008, Bergen, Norway.
FAU - Khan, Farhan R
AU  - Khan FR
AD  - Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE), Nygardsporten 112, NO-5008, Bergen, Norway.
FAU - Shilla, Daniel Abel
AU  - Shilla DA
AD  - School of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Technology, University of Dar es Salaam, 
      Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. dshilla@udsm.ac.tz.
LA  - eng
GR  - 1/CX/CSRD VA/United States
GR  - 1/CX/CSRD VA/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220919
PL  - United States
TA  - Bull Environ Contam Toxicol
JT  - Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology
JID - 0046021
RN  - 0 (Microplastics)
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Microplastics
MH  - Plastics
MH  - Tanzania
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
MH  - Polyethylene
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Marine environment
OT  - Tanzania
OT  - high-density polyethylene
OT  - low and high tides
OT  - low-density polyethylene
OT  - polypropylene
EDAT- 2022/09/20 06:00
MHDA- 2022/11/26 06:00
CRDT- 2022/09/19 11:13
PHST- 2022/03/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/09/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/09/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/11/26 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/09/19 11:13 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s00128-022-03620-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s00128-022-03620-5 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2022 Dec;109(6):1037-1042. doi: 
      10.1007/s00128-022-03620-5. Epub 2022 Sep 19.