Distribution characteristics of microplastics in Zhubi Reef from South China Sea

Abundance and Characteristics of Microplastics in Seawater and Corals From Reef Region of Sanya Bay, China

“…The MPs abundance in the seawater were similar to that reported in the east coast of Hainan Island (14.9 items L −1 ) (Tang et al, 2021) and in the lagoon of the Xisha Islands (15.9 items L −1 ) (Ding et al, 2019). However, this was much higher than the other observations in the South China Sea, such as the Hong Kong coast, Haikou Bay, Pearl River Estuary, the Xisha Islands, and the Nansha Islands (Cai et al, 2018;Ding et al, 2019;Huang et al, 2019;Nie et al, 2019;Wang et al, 2019;Yan et al, 2019;Qi et al, 2020;Tan et al, 2020;Tsang et al, 2020;Xie et al, 2021).…”

“…Our results showed that the MPs of smaller size (<1 mm), fibrous types, black, and PET and CP accounted for the largest proportion in the reef region. Similar results were also observed in other coral reef environment (Cai et al, 2018;Ding et al, 2019;Huang et al, 2019;Tan et al, 2020;Tang et al, 2021). Many studies reported that smaller size of MPs (<1 mm) were the most dominant in the human activity-intense areas, such as the Pearl River Estuary (Yan et al, 2019), Haikou Bay (Qi et al, 2020), and the east coast of Hainan Island (Tang et al, 2021).…”

Effects of Microplastics Exposure on the Acropora sp. Antioxidant, Immunization and Energy Metabolism Enzyme Activities

“…MPs are mainly discharged from terrestrial environments into the sea, meaning coastal ecosystems such as coral reefs are especially at risk (Hermabessiere et al, 2017;Huang et al, 2019). The threat of numerous MPs to coral reefs has attracted extensive attention (Kirstein et al, 2016;Reichert et al, 2018).…”

Cross-Contamination as a Problem in Collection and Analysis of Environmental Samples Containing Microplastics—A Review

“…The release of synthetic microfibres from clothing can be avoided by avoiding synthetic textiles. Moreover, during work conducted at a laboratory, it is recommended to wear cotton coats or overalls [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23], which is a commonly implemented practice. Such a plastic-free outfit is supplemented with gloves, usually made of nitrile [21][22][23][24][25][26] or latex [20,27,28].…”

“…Review of literature also reveals the use of other substances such as double-distilled deionised water [34]; nitric acid [26]; or "Decon 90", i.e., an agent typically made for cleaning surfaces [35]. Washing surfaces is frequently performed in several repetitions, usually three times [13,16,21,50], although several different substances are sometimes used in a sequence [35,44]. In some studies, cleaning laboratory glassware with liquids is additionally followed by heating in an oven or autoclave at high temperatures for several hours to minimise the adhesion of microfibres to their surface and combust any organic matter [16,49].…”