Table 6.

Quantity of microplatics in surficial water (in particles/L)

Shape	Sampling points	Location I	Location II	Location III	Location IV	Location V
Fiber	U1	24	44	19	31	27
	U2	19	28	14	19	21
	M1	27	67	27	50	30
	M2	26	88	20	31	29
	D1	34	95	71	65	42
	D2	89	61	63	92	64
	Total	219	383	214	288	213
Film	U1	9	12	2	33	31
	U2	7	29	14	19	9
	M1	19	68	5	27	22
	M2	15	72	8	22	28
	D1	39	91	23	69	41
	D2	43	102	41	93	39
	Total	132	374	93	263	170
Fragment	U1	23	66	8	51	17
	U2	14	86	2	57	45
	M1	27	95	5	62	49
	M2	20	102	9	97	60
	D1	91	120	11	101	96
	D2	93	129	6	94	98
	Total	268	598	41	462	365
Other	U1	26	34	9	35	31
	U2	13	43	5	45	36
	M1	18	14	7	49	19
	M2	11	28	11	36	29
	D1	9	47	21	17	11
	D2	21	35	39	21	28
	Total	98	201	92	203	154
	Total	717	1556	440	1216	902
	Mean	179.25	389	110	304	225.5
	SDV	78.08	162.57	73.46	111.21	96.28
	CV (%)	43.56	41.79	66.78	36.58	42.7

*U-Upstream; M-Midstream; D-Downstream; SDV- Standard deviation; CV-Coefficient of variations; Other may include granules, foam, etc.