Accumulation of Plastics and Trace Elements in the Mangrove Forests of Bima City Bay, Indonesia

• Published in: Plants (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 3; p. 462
• Main Authors: Moniuszko, Hanna, Malonga, Win Ariga Mansur, Koczoń, Piotr, Thijs, Sofie, Popek, Robert, Przybysz, Arkadiusz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 19.01.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: absorption; Accumulation; adsorption; Analysis; Avicennia alba; Biomes; Coasts; Composition; Contamination; Discriminant analysis; Ecosystems; Environmental aspects; Forests; Fourier transforms; Horticultural research; Hotels & motels; India; Indonesia; Inductively coupled plasma; Infrared spectroscopy; Low concentrations; Mangrove plants; Mangrove swamps; microplastic; Microplastics; Micropollutants; nanoplastic; Optical emission spectroscopy; Physiological aspects; Plant tissues; Plastic debris; Plastic pollution; Plastics; Plastics industry; pneumatophores; Political activity; Political aspects; Pollutants; Polyamide resins; Polyamides; Polymers; Ports; River mouth; Rivers; Rural areas; Salinity; Sediment pollution; Sediments; Sediments (Geology); Soil contamination; Soils; Spectrometry; Trace elements; Vinylidene; Vinylidene chloride; Water analysis; Water pollution; Indonesia; India; adsorption; absorption; Avicennia alba; microplastic; nanoplastic; pneumatophores; polyamide; soil sediments; vinylidene chloride; selective accumulation

Pollution with microplastics (MPs), nanoplastics (NPs) and trace elements (TEs) remains a considerable threat for mangrove biomes due to their capability to capture pollutants suspended in the water. This study investigated the abundance and composition of plastics and TEs contained in the soil and...