Microplastics and potentially toxic elements in coastal sediments of Iran's main oil terminal (Khark Island)

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• 作者：Razegheh Akhbarizadeh^a ; ^{akhbarizade@shirazu.ac.ir} ; Farid Moore^a ; Behnam Keshavarzi^a ; Alireza Moeinpour^b
• 关键词：Microplastics (MPs) ; Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) ; Coastal sediments ; Marine pollutants ; Iran
• 刊名：Environmental Pollution
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：220
• 期：part_PA
• 页码：720-731
• 全文大小：4936 K
• 卷排序：220

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Khark Island, SW Iran, is the most important oil export hubs of Iran in Persian Gulf. Both natural and anthropogenic origin controlled PTEs in the island. Quality and risk assessment of the sediments revealed low to moderate pollution. Microplastics were mostly fragments and fibres in collected sediment samples. Microplastics could act as a “potential contaminant vector” in marine environment.