Table 1.
Studies on detecting microplastics in inland water systems.
| Water Body | References | Collected Sample | Mean Abundance (Sample Position) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beijiang River (in Feilaixia) | [45] | Surface water & Sediment | 0.56 ± 0.45 items/m3 (surface water) |
| Pearl River | [46] | Surface water & Sediment | 2724 items/m3 (surface water) |
| Qinghai Lake | [47] | Surface water & | 180,900 items/km2 (surface water) |
| Sediment & Fish | 364 items/m2 (sediment) | ||
| 5.4 items per individual (fish) | |||
| Rivers and lakes in Tibet plateau | [48] | Surface water & Sediment | 132 items/m2 (surface water) |
| Taihu Lake | [49] | Surface water & | 3.4–25.8 items/L (surface water) |
| Sediment & Asian clams | 11.0–234.6 items/kg dw (sediment) | ||
| 0.2–12.5 items/g ww (Asian clams) | |||
| Three Gorges Dam (TGD) | [50] | Surface water & Sediment | 1597–12,611 n/m3 (surface water) |
| [51] | 25–300 n/kg ww (sediment) | ||
| Urban water areas in Changsha | [52] | Sediment | 270.17–866.59 items/kg |
| Wei River | [53] | Surface water & Sediment | 3.67–10.7 items/L (surface water) |
| 360–1320 items/kg (sediment) | |||
| Yangtze River Estuary | [54] | Surface water & Sediment | 4.92 × 105 items/km2 (surface water) |
| [55,56] | 34 items/kg (sediment) | ||
| Charleston Harbor, USA | [57] | Surface water | 413.8 ± 76.7/m2 |
| Bostanu, Persian Gulf | [58] | Surface water | 1258 ± 291/kg |