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近年来,塑料制品生产及使用量急剧增加,加之塑料垃圾处理不当和回收率低的原因,导致塑料在自然环境中大量积累[1]. 据报道至2050年,全球每年塑料产量可能达到330亿吨[2]. 数量巨大的塑料制品在光照、海浪冲击、侵蚀、风化等外界作用下会逐渐分解为直径小于5 mm的小塑料颗粒,即微塑料. 微塑料在环境中具有持久性且不易降解的特点[3],其长时间暴露在环境中[4]易造成潜在的环境风险[5-6]. 作为一种新型污染物,微塑料所引发的生态安全已成为全球关注的热点环境问题之一[7].
目前,微塑料已在水生态系统中被广泛检出[8]. 如中国南海、渤海、东海等海域[9-10],黄河、长江等河流[11-12],鄱阳湖、南湖等湖泊均发现不同程度的微塑料污染[13-14]. 已有研究表明,沉积物是淡水生态系统微塑料的“汇”[15]. 沉积物中微塑料的累积、迁移和分布受气象条件、水流和水生生物等在内的多种因素的影响[16-18]. 此外,微塑料的数量也与人口和人类活动(如船舶、港口作业、捕鱼、塑料生产和污水处理)密切相关[19-20]. 可见,沉积物微塑料的分布与所在水域自然及人为因素的影响密不可分,针对特定水域开展湖泊沉积物中微塑料分布特征的调查,将对该水域微塑料污染背景数据的积累具有重要意义.
本研究以金山湖沉积物为研究对象,研究金山湖沉积物微塑料的丰度、分布特征和季节变化规律,评估微塑料在金山湖沉积物中的污染情况,研究结果将为半封闭式闸坝型城市湖泊沉积物中微塑料的污染状况提供基础数据.
金山湖沉积物微塑料形态与分布特征
Morphology and distribution characterization of microplastic in sediments of Jinshan Lake
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摘要: 微塑料作为一种新型污染物,对自然环境所造成的潜在风险已成为当前广泛关注的环境问题之一. 湖泊沉积物作为淡水生态系统微塑料的“汇”,其分布特征受所在水域自然及人为等多重因素的影响. 为探究江苏省镇江市金山湖表层沉积物微塑料的分布特征,在2019年1月(冬季)和7月(夏季)选取了10个点位采集沉积物样品,并使用金相显微镜观察微塑料样品特征并分类,使用拉曼光谱仪对微塑料聚合物类型进行鉴定,使用扫描电子显微镜分析微塑料表面特征. 结果表明,金山湖冬季和夏季表层沉积物微塑料平均丰度分别为1368 n·kg−1和1112 n·kg−1干重沉积物,冬季和夏季纤维状微塑料占比分别为70.5%和57.3%为主,冬季沉积物微塑料颜色所占比例分别为透明(29.50%)、黑色(25.90%)、蓝色(24.10%)、白色(9.71%)、绿色(5.76%)和红色(5.04%),夏季沉积物微塑料各颜色所占比例为蓝色(22.81%)、黑色(21.05%)、绿色(18.13%)、透明(18.13%)、白色(14.33%)和红色(5.56%). 微塑料以<1 mm的尺寸在冬季和夏季沉积物中占主导地位,其冬季占比71.22%,夏季占比64.62%. 冬季和夏季沉积物中微塑料以聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(polyethylene terephthalate,PET)和聚乙烯(polyethylene,PE)为主要的聚合物类型,冬季PET占比为29.86%、PE占比为21.94%,夏季PET占比为33.04%、PE占比为22.81%. 在冬季和夏季沉积物微塑料表面均存在粗糙、撕裂、多孔等情况.Abstract: Microplastics (MPs), as a new type of environmental pollutant, has received widespread attention owing to their potential risks to the natural environment. Sediments are the "sinks" for MPs in freshwater lake ecosystems and the distribution characteristics of MPs were affected by multiple factors of natural and human. In this paper, total 10 sampling sites from the Jinshan lake of Zhenjiang city were selected and surface sediments were sampled both January (winter) and July (summer) of 2019, respectively. In addition, MPs in sediment samples were classified using metallographic microscopy, and their microplastic polymer and surface characteristics were identified and analyzed using Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy, respectively, in order to determine the morphology and distribution characterization of MPs in sediments of Jinshan Lake. Results showed that the average abundance of microplastics was 1368 n·kg−1 in the winter and 1112 n·kg−1 in the summer. Fibrous microplastics were the predominant MPs, which accounted for the higher proportion of 70.5% and 57.3% in winter and summer, respectively. In addition, the colors of microplastics in winter sediments were transparent (29.50%), black (25.90%), blue (24.10%), white (9.71%), green (5.76%) and red (5.04%), respectively. The proportion of microplastics colors in summer sediments were blue (22.81%), black (21.05%), green (18.13%), transparent (18.13%), white (14.33%) and red (5.56%). Small-sized particles (<1 mm) were the predominant size, with the percentage of 71.22% and 64.62% in winter and summer respectively. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyethylene (PE) were the two main polymer types in this study. PET and PE accounted for 29.86% and 21.94% in winter, whereas, PET accounted for 33.04% and PE accounted for 22.81% in summer. The surface of microplastics in both seasons was rough, torn and porous.
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Key words:
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- sediment /
- microplastic /
- lake.
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