Table 1.
Abundance of MPs in major freshwater systems in China (PE: polyethylene, PP: polypropylene, PS: polystyrene, PVC: polyvinyl chloride, PET: polyethylene terephthalate; PA: polyamide).
| Location | Sampling site | Abundance | Particle size (mm) | Dominant shape | Dominant polymer type | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dongting Lake, Hunan | surface water | 900-2800 items/m3 | <0.33 | fiber | PE, PP | Wang et al. (2018) |
| East Dongting Lake, Hunan | sediment | 180-693 items/kg | <0.5 | fiber | PET, PA | Yin et al. (2020) |
| Hong Lake, Hubei |
surface water | 1250-4650 items/m3 | <0.33 | fiber | PE, PP | Wang et al. (2018) |
| Pearl Lake, Guangdong | surface water | 379-7924 items/m3 | 0.02–2 | fiber | PE, PP | Lin et al. (2018) |
| sediment | 80-9597 items/kg | 0.02–1 | ||||
| Taihu Lake, Jiangsu |
surface water | 3.4–25.8 items/L | 0.1–1 | fiber | cellophane, PE | Su et al. (2016) |
| sediment | 11.0–234.6 items/kg | 0.1–1 | ||||
| Poyang Lake, Jiangxi | surface water | 5-34 items/L | <0.5 | fiber | PP, PE | Yuan et al. (2019) |
| sediment | 54-506 items/kg | <0.5 | ||||
| Lakes in Tibet | surface water | 8-563 items/m3 | 1–5 | fiber | PE, PP | Zhang et al. (2016) |
| Wei River, Shaanxi |
surface water | 3.67–10.7 items/L | <0.5 | fiber | PE, PVC | Ding et al. (2019) |
| sediment | 360-1320 items/kg | <0.5 | ||||
| Three Gorges Reservior, Chongqing | surface water | 1597-12611 items/m3 | <0.5 | fiber | PS, PP | Di and Wang (2018) |
| sediment | 25-300 items/kg | <0.5 |