Table 1 Chemical type assignment of marine microdebris in Great Barrier Reef surface waters and Lemon damselfish.
From: Sources, distribution and fate of microfibres on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Chemical type | Surface tows | Lemon damselfish | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fibres | Particles | Total | Fibres | Particles | Total | |
SYNTHETIC | ||||||
Thermoplastics § | ||||||
Nylon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Plastic precursor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polyethylene (PE)* | 1 | 51 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) | 10 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
Polyethylene vinyl acetate (PEVA)* | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polypropylene | 16 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polypropylene:acrylonitrile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polypropylene:acrylonitrile:polyester | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Poly(vinyl acetate) (PVA)* | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thermoset and elastomer plastics § | ||||||
Acrylic paint | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Acrylonitrile | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Elastan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Epoxy | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Magnesium stearate* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Plasticiser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Polybutadiene rubber* | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polyester | 36 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
Polyester:elastan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Polyester:polyurethane | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polyurethane (PU)* | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Resin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Soft co-polymer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Total synthetic | 75 | 120 | 195 | 55 | 0 | 55 |
SEMI-SYNTHETIC | ||||||
Regenerated | ||||||
Cellulose-regenerated (rayon) | 34 | 10 | 44 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
Regenerated composites | ||||||
Cellulose-regenerated (rayon):cellulose | 31 | 0 | 31 | 60 | 0 | 60 |
Cellulose-regenerated (rayon):keratin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
NFPCs | ||||||
NFPC:asphalt# | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
NFPC:acrylonitrile | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
NFPC:elastan | 6 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
NFPC:nylon | 26 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
NFPC:nylon:acrylonitrile | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
NFPC:nylon:elastan | 33 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
NFPC:nylon:polyester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
NFPC:polyester | 27 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
NFPC:polyester:elastan | 9 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
NFPC:polypropylene:polyester | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Total semi-synthetic | 202 | 13 | 215 | 152 | 1 | 153 |
NATURALLY-DERIVED | ||||||
Plants | ||||||
Cellulose | 71 | 0 | 71 | 135 | 0 | 135 |
Dye | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Animals | ||||||
Keratin | 17 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Composites | ||||||
Cellulose:cellulose | 32 | 0 | 32 | 102 | 0 | 102 |
Cellulose:keratin | 13 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Inorganics | ||||||
Silicate | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total naturally-derived | 134 | 3 | 137 | 247 | 0 | 247 |
Total | 411 | 136 | 547 | 454 | 1 | 455 |
