TY  - JOUR
TT  - High level of micro-plastic pollution in the Iskenderun Bay NE Levantine coast of Turkey
AU  - Gündoğdu, Sedat
PY  - 2017
DA  - December
DO  - 10.12714/egejfas.2017.34.4.06
JF  - Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
JO  - EgeJFAS
PB  - Ege University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2148-3140
SP  - 401
EP  - 408
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
KW  - Mikroplastik
KW  - Deniz çöpleri
KW  - Levant denizi
KW  - İskenderun Körfezi
N2  - Microplasticpollution is a global problem. The Mediterranean Sea, especially, has highpressure of pollution as it is enclosed by highly populated and industrializedcountries. In this study, we have determined the level of microplasticpollution in the Iskenderun Bay, located in the Northeastern Levantine coast ofTurkey. The average level of microplastic has been determined to be 1,067,120particles/km2 at fourteen stations. The highest level has beendetermined at the M4 station in the middle of the bay (with 1820 items;2,888,889 particles/km2), and the lowest level has been found at theM11 station (62 items; 98,412 particles/km2). As a result of thisstudy, it was determined that the microplastic pollution level in theIskenderun Bay is higher than the other regions of the Mediterranean Sea.
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