Investigation on microplastic pollution of Dongting Lake and its affiliated rivers
2020
Hu, Duofei | Zhang, Yaxin | Shen, Maocai
At present, the occurrence and pollution of microplastics have caused widespread concern, but there are still few studies on inland lake and its affiliated rivers. In this study, we monitored the existence and characteristics of microplastics in Dongting Lake and its affiliated rivers. Our sampling site covers almost the entire lake district. A total of 15 surface water samples and 15 sediment samples were collected. The abundance of microplastics achieved 0.62–4.31 items/m² in plankton net samples, with 21–52 items/100 g dw in sediments. The microplastics were dominated by fiber, 0.9–0.333 mm of surface water and ˂0.1 mm of sediments in size. The color of transparent occupied the majority in all microplastics samples. There was no significant difference in the average concentration of microplastics between the four river mouths and the whole lake and the rivers may have important potential contribution to the microplastics pollution in the lake.
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