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

University of Dar es Salaam
University of Dar es Salaam, DUCE
Nationalmuseet
Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE)

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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

Original language	English
Journal	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Volume	109
Pages (from-to)	1037-1042
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0007-4861
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-022-03620-5
Publication status	Published - 2022

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