Microplastics in the Mediterranean marine environment: a combined bibliometric and systematic analysis to identify current trends and challenges

Papadimitriu, Marija; Allinson, Graeme

doi:10.1186/s43591-022-00026-2

Microplastics and Nanoplastics

Table 5 Summary of microplastic concentrations in Mediterranean seawater (MPs/km²; all surface water samples)

From: Microplastics in the Mediterranean marine environment: a combined bibliometric and systematic analysis to identify current trends and challenges

Country	Location	Maritime Area	MP concentration			Reference
Country	Location	Maritime Area	Min	Max	Mean	Reference
			MPs/km²
Bulgaria	Burgas Bay to Cape Kaliakra	Black Sea	11,400	191,000	46,200 ± 54,700	Berov & Klayn [20]
Croatia	Archipelago of the Zadar County	Northern Central Adriatic Sea	17,875	1,549,549	127,135 ± 294,847	Palatinus et al. [115]
France	Gulf of Lion	Western Mediterranean	6000	1,000,000	112,000	Schmidt et al. [135]
France	Gulf of Lion	North western Mediterranean	20,000	420,000	130,000	Faure et al. [69]
France	Bay of Calvi, Corsica	North Western Mediterranean	0	613,000	51,000	Collignon et al. [52]
Israel	Israeli south coast	Israeli Mediterranean		64,813	1,518,340	van der Hal et al. [150]
Italy	Province of Ascoli Piceno	Central Adriatic Sea	5	400		Capriotti et al. [36]
Italy		Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Sea	1286	3,666,898	233,927 ± 810,357	Caldwell et al. [31]
Italy		Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Sea	505	93,983	19,220	Caldwell et al. [30]
Italy	Tuscany	Ligurian Sea	3158	347,040	69,161 ± 83,244	Baini et al. [14]
Italy	Pelagos Sanctuary Protected Area	Ligurian and Sardinian Sea		4,830,000		Fossi et al. [72]
Slovenia	Piran Bay to Koper Bay	North Adriatic Sea			259,310 ± 57,096	Viršek et al. [153]
Slovenia	Trieste Bay	Northern Adriatic Sea	12,000	2,660,000	406,000	Gajst et al. [77]
Spain	Balearic Islands	Balearic sea			410,000 ± 30,000	Capo et al. [35]
Spain	Barcelona	Balearic sea	18,000	330,000	94,500	Camins et al. [32]
Spain	North Catalan coast & south-eastern coast of Spain	Western Mediterranean	9000	497,000	102,000 ± 90,000	de Haan et al. [58]
Spain	Menorca Channel	Balearic sea			133,517 - 336,131	Ruiz-Orejón et al. [129]
Spain	Balearic Islands	Balearic sea			875,466	Ruiz-Orejón et al. [128]
Turkey	Mersin Bay	Levantine Sea	198,198	1,427,027	539,189	Gündoğdu et al. [83]
Turkey	Mersin Bay	Levantine Sea	881,319	19,344,417	7,699,716	Gündoğdu et al. [83]
Turkey	Iskenderun and Mersin Bay	Levantine Sea			376,000	Gündoğd and Cevik [82]
Turkey	Iskenderun Bay	Levantine Sea	98,412	2,888,889	1,067,120	Gündoğdu [82]
Turkey	South-eastern coast of Turkey	North-eastern Mediterranean	16,339	520,213	140,418	Guven et al. [85]
Turkey	Sinop Sarikum Coast	Southern Black Sea			656,000	Oztekin and Bat [114]
	Multiple locations	Adriatic and Western Mediterranean		4,520,000	400,000 740,000	Suaria et al. [141]
		Adriatic and Western Mediterranean			1304,81 ± 609,426	Suaria et al. [141]
		Mediterranean-wide	0	479,455	48,789	Eriksen et al. [65]
		North-western Mediterranean	0	892,000	116,000	Collignon et al. [51]

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