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 6 A summary of the number of MPs found in marine sediments around the Mediterranean basin (items per kg dry weight)

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

Country	Location	Maritime Area	MPs concentration			Reference
Country	Location	Maritime Area	Min	Max	Mean	Reference
			MPs/kg (d.w.)
Croatia	Telašćica Archipelago	Adriatic Sea	32.3	377.8	177.6 ± 112.7	Renzi & Blašković [119]
Croatia	Silba Archipelago	Adriatic Sea	113.4	284.8	86.0 ± 98.4	Renzi & Blašković [119]
Croatia	Archipelago of the Zadar County	Northern Central Adriatic Sea	190	780	360 ± 169.1	Palatinus et al. [115]
Croatia	Natural Park of Telašćica Bay	Adriatic Sea	32	378	178	Blašković et al. [23]
Greece	Samos Island	Aegean Sea	1	37	12	de Ruijter et al. [59]
Italy	Salina Island	Tyrrhenian Sea			49.0 ± 1.4	Renzi et al. [122]
Italy	Salina Island	Tyrrhenian Sea			153.5 ± 41.7	Renzi et al. [122]
Italy	Salina Island	Tyrrhenian Sea			106.0 ± 104.7	Renzi et al. [122]
Italy	South Tuscany	Tyrrhenian Sea	42	1069	317	Cannas et al. [33]
Italy	Maremma Regional Park	Tyrrhenian Sea	45	397		Guerranti et al. [81]
Italy	Aeolian Archipelago	Southern Tyrrhenian Sea	151.0 ± 34.0	678.7 ± 345.8	371	Fastelli et al. [68]
Lebanon	Levantine Basin	Eastern Mediterranean			2433 ± 2000	Kazour et al. [91]
Slovenia	Gulf of Trieste	Adriatic Sea			170.4	Laglbauer et al. [97]
Spain	Almería coast and Balearic islands	West Mediterranean	0	3819		Dahl et al. [57]
Spain	Tarragona Coast	West Mediterranean			32.4	Expósito et al. [67]
Spain		West Mediterranean	0	213	32–69	Krüger et al. [94]
Spain	Algeciras to Barcelona coast	West Mediterranean	45.9 ± 23.9	280.3 ± 164.9	113.2 ± 88.9	Filgueiras et al. [70]
Spain	Mallorca & Carbera Islands	Balearic Sea	100 ± 60	900 ± 100	270	Alomar et al. [5]
Tunisia	Tunisian coast	Southern Mediterranean	129 ± 10	606 ± 37.5	314.5	Missawi et al. [107]
Tunisia	Northern Tunisian coast	Southern Mediterranean	141.20 ± 25.98	461.25 ± 29.74	316.03 ± 123.74	Abidli et al. [2]
		Black Sea	0	390	106	Cincinelli et al. [47]
	Caorle shore	Northern Adriatic Sea	137	703	255	Renzi et al. [120]

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