Zhou et al., 2020 [135] | 54,100 MFs/L | 537.5 MFs/L (MF) | 200 - 300 μm | Primary, Secondary and tertiary | 85% | ImageJ software microscopy | China (Keqiao industrial park) |
Hidayaturrahman et al., 2020 [116] | 13,813 MP/L | 132 MP/L | <65 μm | Primary, Secondary and tertiary | >98% | Microscope | South Korea (Daegu) |
Raju et al., 2020 [144] | 11.80 ± 1.10 MP/L | 2.76 ± 0.11 MP/L | >1.5 μm to >1 mm | Secondary | 76.61% | Visual sorting and ATR-FTIR | Australia (New south wales Hunter Region) |
Ferreira et al., 2020 [145] | n.a | 0.24 ± 0.07 MP/m3 (Laucala Bay) and 0.09 ± 0.02 MP/m3 (Suva Harbour) | 125 μm | 79 WWTPs’ | N.a | ATR-FTIR | Fiji (Suva) |
Schmidt et al., 2020 [146] | n.a | 4 × 100 and 4.5 × 105 MP/m3 | 10 to 5000 μm | Secondary | n.a |
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