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oapen-20.500.12657-627892024-03-28T08:18:47Z Chapter First investigation of microplastic pollution in Monastir Sea surface water (eastern Tunisia) Jaziri, Hela Derouiche, Emna Kouched, Wael Ben Boubaker, Hamdi Ben Isamail, Sana Ben Dhiab, Rym Challouf, Rafika Microplastic monitoring Sea water Polymers Monastir Tunisia thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment In the framework of COMMON MED-project, a sampling campaign was carried out during December 2020 along two radials namely: T1 and T2. The findings showed that microplastic particles (MPs), ranging from 0.31 to 4.9 mm. For all samples, white color and fragments are the most common. As well, HDPE and PE are the predominant polymers. The concentrations of MPs varied between 62,095,032 and 260,979,12 items/km² with a density of 4 times greater in the T2 radial, which shows the influence of urban and marina origin on plastic contamination among seaside tourist one. 2023-05-01T13:44:15Z 2023-05-01T13:44:15Z 2022 chapter ONIX_20230501_9791221500301_205 9791221500301 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62789 eng Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International chapter-36986.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/979-12-215-0030-1_43 Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.43 10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.43 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9791221500301 1 13 Florence open access
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In the framework of COMMON MED-project, a sampling campaign was carried out during December 2020 along two radials namely: T1 and T2. The findings showed that microplastic particles (MPs), ranging from 0.31 to 4.9 mm. For all samples, white color and fragments are the most common. As well, HDPE and PE are the predominant polymers. The concentrations of MPs varied between 62,095,032 and 260,979,12 items/km² with a density of 4 times greater in the T2 radial, which shows the influence of urban and marina origin on plastic contamination among seaside tourist one.
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