2021
DOI: 10.1186/s43591-021-00013-z
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A multilevel dataset of microplastic abundance in the world’s upper ocean and the Laurentian Great Lakes

Abstract: A total of 8218 pelagic microplastic samples from the world’s oceans were synthesized to create a dataset composed of raw, calibrated, processed, and gridded data which are made available to the public. The raw microplastic abundance data were obtained by different research projects using surface net tows or continuous seawater intake. Fibrous microplastics were removed from the calibrated dataset. Microplastic abundance which fluctuates due to vertical mixing under different oceanic conditions was standardize… Show more

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“…Based on the previous analysis, there are approximately 24.4 trillion pieces of microplastics in the upper layer of the ocean [8]. Hence, the microplastic pollution commonly exist everywhere in the ocean, and pose danger to oceanic ecosystem and animals in every trophic levels.…”
Section: How To Mitigate the Perilous Effectsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Based on the previous analysis, there are approximately 24.4 trillion pieces of microplastics in the upper layer of the ocean [8]. Hence, the microplastic pollution commonly exist everywhere in the ocean, and pose danger to oceanic ecosystem and animals in every trophic levels.…”
Section: How To Mitigate the Perilous Effectsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Because of their small size, the microplastics can bypass the filters of the sewing system and easily get into the ocean and pollute the marine ecosystem. To specify, a team of oceanographers led by Kyushu University estimated that there were 24.4 trillion pieces and a combined weight of 82,000 to 578,000 tons of microplastics in the upper layer of the oceanic system [8]. Though this sounds to be a striking amount, the team claims that this is still a conservative estimate, because gridded data in Western Indian Ocean and South China are mostly absent [8].…”
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“…Jambeck et al (2015) estimated that 275 million metric tons of plastic waste were generated in 2010 from 192 coastal countries, with 4.8 to 12.7 million metric tons entering the ocean. Isobe et al (2021) analyzed both published and unpublished microplastics abundance data between 2000 and 2019, revealing a total of 24.4 trillion plastic particles (8.2 x 10 4 ~57.8 x 10 4 tons) in the world's upper oceans. Past investigations have reported impacts on marine birds (Wilcox et al, 2015;Thiel et al, 2018), mammals (Campani et al, 2013;Panti et al, 2019), fishes (Romeo et al, 2015;Miranda and de Carvalho-Souza, 2016), bivalves (Rochman et al, 2015;Li et al, 2020) and planktonic organisms (Lin, 2016), with the potential transfer of microplastics through the planktonic food web (Setälä et al, 2014).…”
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“…Many components of a future IMDOS are already being implemented, although global coordination of these efforts has not yet been achieved. Advances include expanding collaborations among remote-sensing and in situ monitoring groups and among scientists and environmental groups, harmonizing and standardizing methods of marine debris sampling and monitoring (e.g., https://www.euroqcharm.eu/en for microplastics),developing global data synthesis products enabled by the growing number of international databases (e.g.,Isobe et al, 2021) and experiments such as FloatEco, and implementing new sensors (e.g., https://www.oceandiagnostics.com/).As the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for SustainableDevelopment (2021Development ( -2030 focuses attention on ocean health, the development of interdisciplinary connections between scientists, the public, and other stakeholders will allow the community to identify and act upon the most important issues associated with anthropogenic marine debris.…”
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