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Microplastic Occurrences in Sediments Collected from Marmara Sea-Istanbul, Turkey

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Microplastics are persistent, synthetic polymers that have managed to spread even to the most remote places on earth. Studies reporting on the abundance of microplastics have recently increased worldwide, which has raised environmental concerns among scientific communities. Nevertheless, evidence of microplastic contamination from Turkey is limited even though the location is a critical point and the population is higher than most countries in the region. Thus, we aimed to detect microplastics in sediment samples collected from the Marmara Sea in Istanbul-Turkey. In this study, fourteen sediment samples were collected and sub-sampled, then plastic debris was extracted, quantified and characterized by the morphology and polymer structure. The result revealed that all of the samples contained microplastics, and their concentrations ranged between 0.3 and 85.6 g/kg sediment, and the most abundant plastic types were acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, ethylene vinyl acetate, and polystyrene.

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The authors thank to IAU Medical Laboratory Techniques students 2017 (2nd class 2nd teaching) for their help during experiments (extraction of samples). This research was founding by Istanbul Aydin University. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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  1. Health Services Vocational School of Higher Education, T.C. Istanbul Aydin University, Sefakoy Kucukcekmece, 34295, Istanbul, Turkey

    Asli Baysal

  2. Application and Research Center for Advanced Studies, T. C. Istanbul Aydın University, Sefakoy Kucukcekmece, 34295, Istanbul, Turkey

    Hasan Saygin

  3. Graduate Scholl of Science Engineering and Technology, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

    Gul Sirin Ustabasi

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Baysal, A., Saygin, H. & Ustabasi, G.S. Microplastic Occurrences in Sediments Collected from Marmara Sea-Istanbul, Turkey. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 105, 522–529 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-020-02993-9

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