From: Microplastics in surface water and sediments of Chongming Island in the Yangtze Estuary, China
Study estuaries | Location | Sampling method and mesh size (μm) | Sampling volume (L) | Abundance (items m−3) | References |
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Tampa Bay | Southeast USA, North America | Water sampler-1.2 | 1 | 940.0 | [35] |
Charleston Harbor and Winyah Bay | Southeast USA, North America | Water Sampler-63 | 4 | 6 600.0 30 800.0 | [36] |
Charleston Harbor | Southeast USA, North America | Water Sampler-63 | 4 | 2 750.0–36 500.0 | [37] |
German Baltic coast | Germany, Europe | Water sampler-55 | 5–10 | 0.0–5000.0 | [38] |
Pearl River Estuary | South China, Asia | Water sampler-50 | 20 | 8902.0 | [39] |
Yangtze Estuary | East China, Asia | Pump-300 | 100 | 67.5 | This study |
Mdloti Estuary uMgeni Estuary Durban Harbour Isipingo Estuary iLovu Estuary | South Africa, Africa | Net-300 | 10 000 | 1.1 2.5 7.0 3.1 1.0 | [40] |
Goiana Estuary | Northeast Brazil, South America | Net-300 | 100 000 | 0.1 | [41] |
Tampa Bay | Southeast USA, North America | Net-330 | / | 4.5 | [35] |
The UK Channel, North, and Celtic Sea area | Northwest Europe | Net-333 | / | 0–1.5 | [42] |
Tamar Estuary | England, Europe | Net-300 | / | 0.028 | [43] |