2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.11.025
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Microplastics in Singapore’s coastal mangrove ecosystems

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“…The high occurrence of fragments in the fish could indicate their dominance in Malaysian coastal environments, which is consistent with fish caught in other regions of the world 23, 40 . Coastal areas have often been reported to be contaminated with MPs 41 , which is due to their vicinity to anthropogenic activities along the coast. The dominance of fragments in the tested fish in this study could reflect their prevalence in the water and sediments of Malaysian marine ecosystems.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The high occurrence of fragments in the fish could indicate their dominance in Malaysian coastal environments, which is consistent with fish caught in other regions of the world 23, 40 . Coastal areas have often been reported to be contaminated with MPs 41 , which is due to their vicinity to anthropogenic activities along the coast. The dominance of fragments in the tested fish in this study could reflect their prevalence in the water and sediments of Malaysian marine ecosystems.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, tidal flats with low water movement presented higher microplastic abundance compare to a nearby beach (Liebezeit and Dubaish, 2012;Vianello et al, 2013;Lo et al, 2018). Additionally, shoreline vegetation can significantly promote sediment retention on tidal flats, such as high plastic deposition found in mangroves (Nor and Obbard, 2014). Notably, one study showed that plastic degradation proceeded relatively quickly in the saltmarsh environment (Weinstein et al, 2016).…”
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“…Aunque actualmente se ha avanzado en el conocimiento sobre la distribución y abundancia de la basura marina (ver mapa de distribución en https://litterbase.awi.de/litter), aún existen importantes vacíos en el conocimiento sobre los impactos y efectos de los microplásticos en los ecosistemas y en la salud humana (Horton et al 2017;Troost et al 2018;Rainieri & Barranco, 2019;Novotna et al 2019;Prata et al 2019a). A pesar de los reconocidos impactos de la basura, y de los microplásticos en específico, hay pocos estudios disponibles a nivel global en los ecosistemas de manglar (Cordero & Costa, 2010;Debrot et al 2013;Mohamed & Obbard, 2014;Naji et al 2017;Li et al 2018;Martin et al 2019;Garcés-Ordóñez et al 2019).…”
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“…El manglar es un ecosistema muy productivo conformado por plantas con raíces fúlcreas y neumatóforos que, además de ayudar al intercambio gaseoso y estabilización de la planta en sustratos inestables, funcionan como trampas de basura proveniente de fuentes terrestres y marítimas (Ivar et al 2014;Martin et al 2019). En los manglares de Nueva Guinea (Smith, 2012), Venezuela (Debrot et al 2013), Arabia Saudita (Martin et al 2019), Singapore (Mohamed & Obbard, 2014), Irán (Naji et al 2017) y Colombia (Riascos et al 2019;Gar-cés-Ordóñez et al 2019) se han encontrado altas cantidades de basura y microplásticos que afectan la calidad ambiental del ecosistema.…”
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