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Lahens, Lisa; Strady, Emilie; Kieu-le, Thuy-chung; Dris, Rachid; Boukerma, Kada; Rinnert, Emmanuel; Gasperi, Johnny; Tassin, Bruno. |
Both macroplastic and microplastic contamination levels were assessed for the first time in a tropical river estuary system, i.e. the Saigon River, that traverses a developing South East Asian megacity, i.e. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The analysis of floating debris collected daily on the Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe canal by the municipal waste management service shows that the plastic mass percentage represents 11-43%, and the land-based plastic debris entering the river was estimated from 0.96 to 19.91 g inhabitant-1 d-1, namely 350 to 7270 g inhabitant-1 yr-1. Microplastics were assessed in the Saigon River and in four urban canals by sampling bulk water for anthropogenic fiber analysis and 300 μm mesh size plankton net exposition for fragment analysis. Fibers... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Microplastic; Macroplastic; Urban river; Contamination; Anthropogenic fibers. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00427/53815/55460.pdf |
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