Microplastics impact assessment on Langkawi Island off Strait of Malacca waters using rock oyster as bioindicator

• Main Authors: Ghazali, Intan Noor Munira, Said Abd. Karim, Sharifah Nur Farihin, W. Johar, Wan Siti Mardhiah, Faudzi, Fikriah, Razali, Azaima, Hassan, Noor Artika, Miskon, Mohd Fuad
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: AIP Publishing 2022
• Subjects: QD Chemistry; SH370 Fisheries - Shellfish fisheries-Shellfish Culture; TD172 Environmental pollution
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/102099/1/102099_Microplastics%20impact%20assessment%20on%20Langkawi%20Island.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/102099/7/102099_Microplastics%20impact%20assessment%20on%20Langkawi%20Island_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/102099/; https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/5.0112757

Microplastics (MPs) assessment was conducted in five sites along Langkawi Island off Strait of Malacca coastal shoreline. In this paper, an improved protocol of digestion for soft tissue digestion and multi-steps of MPs identification had been developed and the polymer identification of MPs are perf...