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Rui-ping Liu, Fei Liu, Ying Dong, Jian-gang Jiao, El-Wardany RM, Li-feng Zhu, 2022. Microplastic contamination in lacustrine sediments in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Current status and transfer mechanisms, China Geology, 5, 421-428. doi: 10.31035/cg2022030
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Microplastic contamination in lacustrine sediments in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Current status and transfer mechanisms
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Abstract
This paper aims to investigate the present situation and transfer mechanisms of microplastics in lacustrine sediments in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The study surveyed the average abundance of microplastics in sediments. The abundance of microplastics in sediments of lakes from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is 17.22–2643.65 items/kg DW and 0–60.63 items/kg DW based on the data of the Qinghai Lake and the Siying Co Basin. The microplastic abundance in sediments from small and medium lakes is very high compared to that in other areas in the world. Like microplastics in other lakes of the world, those in the lakes in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau mainly include organic polymers PA, PET, PE, and PP and are primarily in the shape of fibers and fragments. The microplastic pollution of lacustrine sediments in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is affected by natural changes and by human activities, and the concentration of microplastics in lacustrine ecosystems gradually increases through food chains. Furthermore, the paper suggests the relevant administrative departments of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau strengthen waste management while developing tourism and pay much attention to the impacts of microplastics in water environments. This study provides a reference for preventing and controlling microplastic contamination in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
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Figure 1.
Map showing the distribution of sampling positions of microplastics in the rivers and lakes of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. a‒map showing the distribution of previous sampling points; b‒map showing the scope of remote sensing in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; c‒ the map of China (The red zone is the study area) .
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Migration-transfer patterns and sources of lacustrine MPs in the internal and external ecosystems in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.