Microplastics in Marine Nearshore Surface Waters of Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar, East Africa

Amina Asiya Nchimbi; Charles Mitto Kosore; Nancy  Oduor; Dativa Joseph Shilla; Yvonne Shashoua; Farhan R. Khan; Daniel  Shilla

doi:10.1007/s00128-022-03620-5

Microplastics in Marine Nearshore Surface Waters of Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar, East Africa

Amina Asiya Nchimbi, Charles Mitto Kosore, Nancy Oduor, Dativa Joseph Shilla, Yvonne Shashoua, Farhan R. Khan, Daniel Shilla

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Abstract

Limited information exists on the occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in East African coastal waters. A 300 μm manta net was used to collect surface water from 8 sites in the regions Dar es Salaam (DES) and Zanzibar (ZZ) during low and high tides. DES had a higher (p

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Vol/bind	109
Sider (fra-til)	1037-1042
Antal sider	6
ISSN	0007-4861
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-022-03620-5
Status	Udgivet - 2022

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