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Determination of microplastics in water body at Kelantan Bay and Pattani Bay

Microplastics debris (<5 mm) is a prolific environmental pollutant, found worldwide in marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystem. Interactions between biota and microplastics are prevalent and there is growing evidence that microplastics can incite significant health effects in exposed organis...

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Main Author: Nurain Saipolbahri
Format: Undergraduate Final Project Report
Language:English
Published: 2020
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/4312/1/Nurain%20Binti%20Saipolbahri.pdf
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spelling my.umk.eprints.43122022-05-23T23:03:00Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/4312/ Determination of microplastics in water body at Kelantan Bay and Pattani Bay Nurain Saipolbahri Microplastics debris (<5 mm) is a prolific environmental pollutant, found worldwide in marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystem. Interactions between biota and microplastics are prevalent and there is growing evidence that microplastics can incite significant health effects in exposed organisms. However, little attention was paid on the water bodies environment, though the fact that plastic debris can escape as wind-blown debris was previously reported. Thus, characteristics of microplastics in the water bodies fallout at Malaysia and Thailand bay were preliminarily studied. In this study, successive photography microscope and micro-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy equipped with Attenuated Total Reflection (µ-ATR-FTIR) were implemented to establish a highly accurate microplastics detection system. The method was applied to determine the presence of microplastics and characterize them according to their characteristics of plastics. In Kelantan bay, Malaysia, polypropylene microplastics being the most abundance ones, meanwhile, polyethylene microplastics were found to be the most abundance in Pattani bay, Thailand. The differences of microplastics found in both water bodies might be due to activities done near the bay. 2020 Undergraduate Final Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/4312/1/Nurain%20Binti%20Saipolbahri.pdf Nurain Saipolbahri (2020) Determination of microplastics in water body at Kelantan Bay and Pattani Bay. Final Year Project thesis, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. (Submitted)
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description Microplastics debris (<5 mm) is a prolific environmental pollutant, found worldwide in marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystem. Interactions between biota and microplastics are prevalent and there is growing evidence that microplastics can incite significant health effects in exposed organisms. However, little attention was paid on the water bodies environment, though the fact that plastic debris can escape as wind-blown debris was previously reported. Thus, characteristics of microplastics in the water bodies fallout at Malaysia and Thailand bay were preliminarily studied. In this study, successive photography microscope and micro-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy equipped with Attenuated Total Reflection (µ-ATR-FTIR) were implemented to establish a highly accurate microplastics detection system. The method was applied to determine the presence of microplastics and characterize them according to their characteristics of plastics. In Kelantan bay, Malaysia, polypropylene microplastics being the most abundance ones, meanwhile, polyethylene microplastics were found to be the most abundance in Pattani bay, Thailand. The differences of microplastics found in both water bodies might be due to activities done near the bay.
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author Nurain Saipolbahri
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Determination of microplastics in water body at Kelantan Bay and Pattani Bay
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title Determination of microplastics in water body at Kelantan Bay and Pattani Bay
title_short Determination of microplastics in water body at Kelantan Bay and Pattani Bay
title_full Determination of microplastics in water body at Kelantan Bay and Pattani Bay
title_fullStr Determination of microplastics in water body at Kelantan Bay and Pattani Bay
title_full_unstemmed Determination of microplastics in water body at Kelantan Bay and Pattani Bay
title_sort determination of microplastics in water body at kelantan bay and pattani bay
publishDate 2020
url http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/4312/1/Nurain%20Binti%20Saipolbahri.pdf
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