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Title: | Microplastics in equatorial coasts: Pollution hotspots and spatiotemporal variations associated with tropical monsoons | Authors: | JONG MUI CHOO | Keywords: | Microplastics Coastal Tropical Monsoon Mangrove |
Issue Date: | 29-Oct-2021 | Publisher: | Elservier | Citation: | JONG MUI CHOO (2021-10-29). Microplastics in equatorial coasts: Pollution hotspots and spatiotemporal variations associated with tropical monsoons. Journal of Hazardous Materials. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127626 | Abstract: | Microplastics (MP < 5 mm) are eroding oceanic health and coastal development at a planetary scale. Coastlines in Southeast Asia (SEA) are plagued with plastic litters, but how MP are dispersed within SEA region is poorly understood, which can vary dramatically under the tropical climate. We systematically quantified MP in equatorial Singapore, to assess how prevailing Monsoons and other factors impact MP distributions in beaches and mangroves. Data highlighted spatial preponderance differed broadly by seasons (p < 0.05) and were strongly modulated by wind speediness (p < 0.05; r = 0.6–0.7) and promoted transboundary migrations of MP. Conversely, an inverse relationship existed between sediment MP and rainfall (r = −0.54) possibly due to re-entrainment of surficial MP. Elevated concentrations in mangrove’s compartments (p < 0.05) suggest effective repository hotspots. Coastal MP consisted assorted morphologies and commonest polymers including 34% polypropylene (PP), 26% polyethelene (PE), and 23% Low Density PE. Further comparisons revealed coastal MP in Singapore accelerated by two orders of magnitude since 2014, implying cumulative pollution which is not reversible. We synthesized the first seasonal coastal MP report in SEA which is useful for source apportionment, prediction study, and mitigation planning under tropical circumstances. | Source Title: | Journal of Hazardous Materials | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/209416 | ISSN: | 03043894 | DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127626 |
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