Table 1 Heterogeneity of MPs abundances in different region worldwide
Region | Location | MPs concentration range | Polymer | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Asian | Yangtze Estuary, China | 500–10,200 n/m3 | Not Available | Zhao et al. (2014) |
Yellow Sea, China | ND–0.81 item/m3 | PP, PE | Sun et al. (2018) | |
Jiaozhou Bay, China | 20–120 item/m3 | PP, PE, PET | Zheng et al. (2019) | |
Bohai Sea, China | 0.01–1.5 particle/m3 | PE, PP, PS, PET | Zhang et al. (2017) | |
Xiangshan Bay, China | 4.6–20.1 item/m3 | PE, PP, PS | Chen et al. (2018) | |
Qatar marine waters | 0–3 item/m3 | PE, PP, PS, PA, PMMA | Castillo et al. (2016) | |
Chabahar Bay, Oman | 0.07–1.14 particle/m3 | PE, PP, PS, PET, PVA | Aliabad et al. (2019) | |
Levantine Basin, Lebanon | 0.17–0.62 item/m3 | PE, PP, PS, PA, PET, PUR, PVC | Kazour et al. (2019) | |
Mersin Bay, Turkey | 0.2–5.1 pcs/L | PE, PP, PS | Akarsu et al. (2020) | |
North Coast of Surabaya, Indonesia | 0.38–0.61 N/L | PS, PE, PP, PU, PET, PB, PES | Cordova et al. (2019) | |
Kuala Nerus and Kuantan Port, Malaysia | 0.13–0.69 pcs/L | PES, PE, PP, PS, PA, PVC | Khalik et al. (2018) | |
Southern Sri Lanka | 0–29 item/m3 | PE, PP, PS and Mix PE+PP | Koongolla et al. (2018) | |
America | San Francisco Bay, USA | 15,000–2,000,000 particle/km2 | Not available | Sutton et al. (2016) |
Tampa Bay, USA | 1.2–18.1 particles/m3 | Not available | McEachern et al. (2019) | |
Europe | Sweden marine waters | 0–70.3 item/m3 | PE, PP | Schönlau et al. (2020) |
Tuscan coastal waters, Italy | 0.16–0.27 item/m3 | PE, PP, EVA, SBR | Baini et al. (2018) | |
Africa | King Harbour, Jamaica | 0–5.73 particle/m3 | PE, PP | Rose and Webber (2019) |
South Africa marine waters | 257–1215 particle/m3 | Not available | Nel and Froneman (2015) |