Distribution and characterization of plastic debris pollution along the Poompuhar Beach, Tamil Nadu, Southern India

Kannaiyan Neelavannan; Hema Achyuthan; Indra Sekhar Sen; S. Krishnakumar; Kalpana Gopinath; R. Dhanalakshmi; P. R. Rajalakshmi; Riffin Sajeev

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113337

Distribution and characterization of plastic debris pollution along the Poompuhar Beach, Tamil Nadu, Southern India

Kannaiyan Neelavannan^*
, Hema Achyuthan^*
, Indra Sekhar Sen
, S. Krishnakumar
, Kalpana Gopinath
, R. Dhanalakshmi
, P. R. Rajalakshmi
, Riffin Sajeev

^*Corresponding author for this work

Applied Research Center for Environment and Marine Studies

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Abstract

The present study was carried out to determine the characteristics, distribution, and abundance of plastic debris in 25 sediment samples collected from the Poompuhar beach, southeast coast of India. The result reveals that the mean plastic debris abundance was 42 ± 27 particles/m² dry weight (dw) (1 SD, n = 25) with higher concentrations in the river mouth. The dominant shapes in the study area were fragment (70.7%), followed by fiber (20.7%), and pellet-shaped (8.6%). The dominant colors of the plastic debris were: white-colored (47%) followed by blue (28%) and green (14%). The study further reveals that the dominant polymer type was polyethylene (PE, 63.4%), followed by nylon (PA, 16.9), polyvinyl chloride (PVC, 15.5%), polypropylene (PP, 3.1%), and polystyrene (PS, 1.1%). In the study area, the main source of plastic debris was from land-based fishing and tourism activities, and rainwater runoff from the Cauvery River.

Original language	English
Article number	113337
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume	175
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113337
State	Published - Feb 2022

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Funding Information:
This work was carried out under the CSIR emeritus scientist project sanction No: 21(1039)/17/EMR . HA acknowledges the facilities extended by the Director, Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai, to carry out this work. KN acknowledges the postdoctoral research support extended at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur . All the authors are grateful to the reviewers for suggesting constructive comments that helped in the presentation of the work and the data.

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Keywords

Color and shape
Microplastics
Plastic debris
Polymer type
Poompuhar Beach
Sediments

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