Accumulation of Plastics and Trace Elements in the Mangrove Forests of Bima City Bay, Indonesia.

ABSTRACT: Pollution with microplastics (MPs), nanoplastics (NPs) and trace elements (TEs) remains a considerable threat for mangrove biomes due to their capability to capture pollutants suspended in the water. This study investigated the abundance and composition of plastics and TEs contained in the soil and pneumatophores of Avicennia alba sampled in experimental areas (hotel, market, river mouth, port, and rural areas) differentiated in anthropopressure, located in Bima Bay, Indonesia. Polymers were extracted and analyzed with the use of a modified sediment isolation method and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Trace elements were detected by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry. The lowest and highest quantities of MPs in soil were recorded in rural and hotel are

SUBMITTER: Moniuszko H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9919253 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature