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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Gunasekaran, Kannan
• Mghili, Bilal
• De-la-Torre, Gabriel Enrique
• Sompongchaiyakul, Penjai
• Rangel-Buitrago, Nelson
• Wang, Xianfeng
• Charoenpong, Chawalit

Titel

First record of plastiglomerates, pyroplastics and plasticrusts along the beaches of Tamilnadu, Southeast coast of India

Ist Teil von

• Marine pollution bulletin, 2024-08, Vol.205, p.116594, Article 116594

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Plastic litter affects coastal and marine ecosystems globally. This study represents the first record of pyroplastics and plasticrust in the beaches of Tamil Nadu, India. All samples were FTIR spectroscopically examined to confirm the polymer composition of the suspected plastics. The 16 plastic formations were found in TamilNadu, including six plastiglomerates nine pyroplastics and one plasticrust. Five types of polymers (PET, PP, PVC, PA, and PE) were found on the plastic matrices. The study also revealed that pyroplastics and plasticrust formed by degradation of plastics through weathering in the coastal environment. The present study also found that four types of marine fouling organisms such as oyster larvae, bryozoan, barnacle and polychaete worm were encrusted on the two pyroplastics. The emergence of these new forms of plastic raises concerns about their interactions with the environment and biota. [Display omitted] •The sixteen new plastic formations (plastiglomerates, pyroplastics and plasticrusts) were identified in beaches of India.•Three polymers, polypropylene, polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate were recorded in the single pyroplastics.•Vesicles were observed on the surface of the pyroplastics.•Encrusting organisms such as bryozoans, barnacles, polychaete worms and bivalve larvae were found in the pyroplatics.