Browsing Academic by Subject "Microplastics"
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COVID-19 personal protection equipment (PPE): A potential source of microplastic pollution in the State of Qatar
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic. The personal protection equipment (PPE), especially medical face masks and N95 filtering face piece respirators (FFRs) are typically worn by people at ... -
Effects of microplastics’ physical and chemical properties on aquatic organisms: State-of-the-art and future research trends
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Microplastics (MPs) pose a global threat to marine ecosystems, little is known about the factors that influence their bioavailability. Microplastics have the ability to adsorb contaminants from the environment, as well as ... -
Investigations of plastic contamination of seawater, marine and coastal sediments in the Russian seas: a review
( Springer , 2021 , Article)Twelve seas with an integral coastline length of about 38,000 km wash upon the Russian coasts. They belong to the basins of the Atlantic, the Arctic, and the Pacific Oceans and stretch over temperate, subpolar, and polar ... -
Microplastics in surface waters of the Gulf of Gabes, southern Mediterranean Sea: Distribution, composition and influence of hydrodynamics
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)The Mediterranean Sea has been described as one of the most affected areas by marine litter in the world. Although microplastics and their effects have been investigated in this area, most of the currently available studies ... -
Microplastics in the beach sediments around the Ras Rakan Island, Qatar
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)The ubiquitous microplastic (MP) pollution is an emerging environmental issue in the marine environment. In this study, historical accumulation trends of MPs in the beach sediments around the Ras Rakan Island of Qatar have ... -
Prevalence of microplastics in the marine environment of Qatar's exclusive economic zone
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2015 , Conference Paper)Microplastics are now firmly recognized as a ubiquitous and growing global threat to marine biota, as well as their associated ecology and habitats. The prevalence of microplastics in the marine waters within Qatar’s ... -
Prevalence of microplastics in the marine waters of Qatar
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)The issue of plastic pollution in the marine environment is of increasing global concern. As plastics typically have an intrinsic durability, water insolubility and slow degradation rates, debris has now become both ... -
Prevalence of microplastics in the marine waters of Qatar
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)Microplastics are firmly recognized as a ubiquitous and growing threat to marine biota and their associated marine habitats worldwide. The evidence of the prevalence of microplastics was documented for the first time in ... -
Seasonal variation, polymer hazard risk and controlling factors of microplastics in beach sediments along the southeast coast of India
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Microplastics (MPs) and its associated organic and inorganic contaminants are one among the significant health hazards to almost all biota, including human. We investigated the polymer hazard risk and its adsorbed contaminants ...