TY - JOUR
T1 - Beach macro-litter monitoring and floating microplastic in a coastal area of Indonesia
AU - Syakti, Agung Dhamar
AU - Bouhroum, Rafika
AU - Hidayati, Nuning Vita
AU - Koenawan, Chandra Joei
AU - Boulkamh, Abdelaziz
AU - Sulistyo, Isdy
AU - Lebarillier, Stephanie
AU - Akhlus, Syafsir
AU - Doumenq, Pierre
AU - Wong-Wah-Chung, Pascal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Qualitative analysis of the structures of the polymers composing floating plastic debris was performed using attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), and the aging of the debris was assessed by measuring carbonyl group formation on the particle surfaces. Plastic material made up > 75% of the 2313 items collected during a three-year survey. The size, shape and color of the microplastic were correlated with the polymer structure. The most abundant plastic materials were polypropylene (68%) and low-density polyethylene (11%), and the predominant colors of the plastics were white, blue and green. Cilacap Bay, Indonesia, was contaminated with microplastic at a concentration of 2.5 mg·m3. The carbonyl index demonstrated that most of the floating microplastic was only slightly degraded. This study highlights the need to raise environmental awareness through citizen science education and adopting good environmental practices.
AB - Qualitative analysis of the structures of the polymers composing floating plastic debris was performed using attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), and the aging of the debris was assessed by measuring carbonyl group formation on the particle surfaces. Plastic material made up > 75% of the 2313 items collected during a three-year survey. The size, shape and color of the microplastic were correlated with the polymer structure. The most abundant plastic materials were polypropylene (68%) and low-density polyethylene (11%), and the predominant colors of the plastics were white, blue and green. Cilacap Bay, Indonesia, was contaminated with microplastic at a concentration of 2.5 mg·m3. The carbonyl index demonstrated that most of the floating microplastic was only slightly degraded. This study highlights the need to raise environmental awareness through citizen science education and adopting good environmental practices.
KW - Anthropogenic
KW - Citizen science
KW - Indonesia
KW - Marine debris
KW - Polymer degradation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020860414&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.06.046
DO - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.06.046
M3 - Article
C2 - 28645761
AN - SCOPUS:85020860414
SN - 0025-326X
VL - 122
SP - 217
EP - 225
JO - Marine Pollution Bulletin
JF - Marine Pollution Bulletin
IS - 1-2
ER -
