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ArticleHeliyon2024

Microplastic pollution along the coastal island shorelines of Bangladesh: Distribution, patterns, and abundance.

Kamrunnahar Kanak, Md Kawser Ahmed, Muhammad Saiful Islam, Mahmudul Hasan, K M Azam Chowdhury, Kazi Belayet Hossain

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Kamrunnahar KanakDepartment of Oceanography, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
Md Kawser AhmedDepartment of Oceanography, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
Muhammad Saiful IslamFiber and Polymer Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh.
Mahmudul HasanDepartment of Oceanography, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
K M Azam ChowdhuryDepartment of Oceanography, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
Kazi Belayet HossainBangladesh Oceanographic Research Institute, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microplastics (MPs), less than 5 mm in length, have become a major environmental issue due to their hazardous physical and chemical properties. The research investigated 54 sediment samples collected from three different zones of the beaches, namely the wrack line, beach face, and swash zone. This study aims to enumerate the number and polymeric variety of microplastics found in beach sediments from coastal islands of Bangladesh, including Sandwip, Kutubdia, and Saint Martin's Island in the northeastern Bay of Bengal. NaCl solution with the density of 1.2 g/cm

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Anthropogenic factorsBay of BengalCoastal islandMicroplasticsShoreline

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PMID39687134
PMCPMC11648902

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