First report of occurrence, distribution, and composition of microplastics in surface waters of the Sea of Marmara, Turkey

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dc.authoridDemirkol, Mustafa/0009-0000-1878-7719
dc.authoridArtuz, M. Levent/0000-0002-1670-2600
dc.contributor.authorTuncer, Sezginer
dc.contributor.authorArtuz, O. Bulent
dc.contributor.authorDemirkol, Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorArtuz, M. Levent
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:41:38Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:41:38Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractPlastic is produced today in large quantities and used for many purposes. At the end of use, a large part of it gets into the environment, often into the sea and there it is fragmented into the smallest fragments, so-called microplastic (MP). MPs pose a serious challenge to the marine environment such as the sources and properties of MP particles, their impact on marine organisms, and the challenges of environmental pollution. This work, carried out in the fourteen sites in the area, is the first reference to the detection of MP distribution at surface waters in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey. As a result of this study, the average level of MP in the surface was determined to be 1.263 item/m(2). The results were higher compared of the most other adjacent regions and show that the Sea of Marmara started to face that problem.
dc.description.sponsorshipKartal Municipality
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors gratefully acknowledge the Sevinc-Erdal Inonu Foundation, owner of the main project MAREM (Marmara Environmental Monitoring), and also the crew of the vessel 'Oktay 4' for their help in collecting the material, and to the Kartal Municipality and the mayor Altinok Ors, for partial financial support to the main project. The authors thank Prof. Dr. Oguz Okay, Esra Su, and Burak Tavsanli from Chemistry Department, Istanbul Technical University for FTIR and DSC measurements.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.06.054
dc.identifier.endpage289
dc.identifier.issn0025-326X
dc.identifier.issn1879-3363
dc.identifier.pmid30301039
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85049953980
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage283
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.06.054
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/24196
dc.identifier.volume135
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000448094200033
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofMarine Pollution Bulletin
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectMicroplastic
dc.subjectMarine litter
dc.subjectSea of Marmara
dc.subjectDebris
dc.subjectSurface waters
dc.subjectTurkish Straits
dc.titleFirst report of occurrence, distribution, and composition of microplastics in surface waters of the Sea of Marmara, Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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