Microplastic prevalence in the beaches of Puducherry, India and its correlation with fishing and tourism/recreational activities

K Dowarah, SP Devipriya - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
The prevalence of microplastics in the sediments of six beaches of the Puducherry coast in
India was studied and its correlation to fishing activities and recreational activities was …

Prevalence of microplastics in the sediments of Odisha beaches, southeastern coast of India

A Patchaiyappan, S ZakiAhmed, K Dowarah… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
The prevalence of microplastics along the coastal habitats has become a global concern
owing to the increased input of plastic debris from multiple sources. The present study is the …

Quantitative assessment of microplastic in sandy beaches of Gujarat state, India

V Rabari, K Patel, H Patel, J Trivedi - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study was carried out to quantify microplastic prevalence among 20 sandy
beaches on the Gujarat coast. Beaches were categorised into three different classes, viz …

Occurrence, distribution and composition of microplastics in the sediments of South Andaman beaches

A Patchaiyappan, SZ Ahmed, K Dowarah… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
Herein, we report the prevalence of microplastics in the South Andaman beaches, India. The
average microplastic abundance of the eight stations covered along the South Andaman …

Occurrence and spatial distribution of microplastics in beach sediments of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

SMA Rahman, GS Robin, M Momotaj, J Uddin… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study is the first attempt to investigate the occurrence and distribution pattern of
microplastics (MPs) in the beach sediments covering a 36 km long beach at Cox's Bazar …

Microplastics along the beaches of southeast coast of India

R Karthik, RS Robin, R Purvaja, D Ganguly… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Occurrence of microplastics (plastic debris< 5 mm) along the coast is a growing concern
worldwide, due to increased input of discarded wastes from various sources. In order to …

Distribution and characterization of microplastics in beach sand from three different Indian coastal environments

M Tiwari, TD Rathod, PY Ajmal, RC Bhangare… - Marine pollution …, 2019 - Elsevier
The occurrence of microplastic particles were evaluated on beaches along the Indian coast
from three different locations Girgaon Mumbai (Arabian sea coast), Tuticorin, and …

Characterization and distribution of microplastics and plastic debris along Silver Beach, Southern India

A Vidyasakar, S Krishnakumar, K Kasilingam… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics are causing serious environmental threats worldwide. To evaluate the current
state of microplastics pollution, 28 sediment samples were examined for microplastics and …

Abundance, characteristics and surface degradation features of microplastics in beach sediments of five coastal areas in Tamil Nadu, India

N Sathish, KI Jeyasanta, J Patterson - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
This study undertook to investigate the occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in the high and low-
tide sediments of five coastal areas in Tamil Nadu, India. The abundance of microplastics …

Distribution and characterization of microplastics in beach sediments from Karnataka (India) coastal environments

NA Yaranal, S Subbiah, K Mohanty - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
The presence of microplastic particles from five different beach locations (Arabian Sea
coast) in the Indian state of Karnataka was assessed. The sieving and density separation …