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 7 A summary of the number of MP found on beaches around the Mediterranean basin (items per kg of 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 of dry weight)
Algeria	Gulf of Annaba	Western Mediterranean	182.66 ± 27.32	649.33 ± 184.02		Tata et al. [142]
Bosnia		Central Adriatic Sea			76 ± 13	Lots et al. [103]
France	Gulf of Lion	Western Mediterranean	12	798	112	Constant et al. [54]
France	Cassis	Western Mediterranean			124 ± 36	Lots et al. [103]
Greece	Samos Island	Aegean Sea	1.1 ± 0.9	37.2 ± 6.9	11.5 ± 10.5	De Ruijter et al. [59]
Greece	Northern Crete	Aegean Sea	5 ± 5	85 ± 141		Piperagkas et al. [118]
Greece	Salamina Island	Aegean Sea				Tziourrou et al. [146]
Greece	Pilion	Aegean Sea			232 ± 93	Lots et al. [103]
Israel	Tel Aviv	Israeli Mediterranean			168 ± 16	Lots et al. [103]
Italy	Maremma Regional Park	Tyrrhenian Sea	134	1069		Guerranti et al. [81]
Italy	San Mauro	Northern Adriatic Sea			84 ± 12	Lots et al. [103]
Italy	Lido di Dante	Northern Adriatic Sea			1512 ± 187	Lots et al. [103]
Italy	Sicily	Ionian Sea			160 ± 31	Lots et al. [103]
Malta		Central Mediterranean	1.07	10.95		Axiak et al. [13]
Malta		Central Mediterranean				Turner and Luke Holmes [145]
Slovenia		Adriatic Sea	0	3.1 ± 2.6		Korez et al. [93]
Slovenia	Gulf of Trieste	Adriatic Sea		177.8		[97]
Spain	Tarragona Coast	Western Mediterranean			10.7	Expósito et al. [67]
Spain	La Herradura, Granada	Alboran Sea			45.0 ± 24.7*	Godoy et al. [79]
Spain	Motril, Granada	Alboran Sea			31.5 ± 21.5*	Godoy et al. [79]
Spain	La Rábita, Granada	Alboran Sea			22.0 ± 23.28*	Godoy et al. [79]
Spain	Barcelona	Balearic Sea			148 ± 23	Lots et al. [103]
Spain	Denia	Balearic Sea			156 ± 29	Lots et al. [103]
Turkey		Sea of Marmara			8.38 ± 7.77	Artüz et al. [8]
Turkey	Istanbul	Black Sea			20.7	Şener et al. [136]
Turkey	Datça Peninsula	Aegean Sea	593	2073	1154	Yabanli et al. [156]
Turkey	Dikili	Aegean Sea			248 ± 29	Lots et al. [103]

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