Assessment of Quantity and Quality of Microplastics in the Sediments, Waters, Oysters, and Selected Fish Species in Key Sites Along the Bombong Estuary and the Coastal Waters of Ticalan in San Juan, Batangas

• Main Authors: Espiritu, Emilyn Q, Dayrit, Sophia Angeli SN, Coronel, Annabel Soledad O, Paz, Natasha Sophia C, Ronquillo, Pilar Isabel L, Castillo, Virgil Christian G, Enriquez, Erwin P
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: fishes; FTIR; microplastics; oysters; sediments; water; Biochemistry; Chemistry; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/chemistry-faculty-pubs/1; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=chemistry-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Microplastics (or MPs; < 5 mm in size) pollution is largely unstudied in the Philippines. From an environmental sustainability standpoint, it is important to understand the characteristics, abundance, and environmental fate of plastic debris of various sizes, and these include microplastics that...