Table 1 Environmental parameters in each sample collection*.

From: Community composition and seasonal dynamics of microplastic biota in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

 

Winter 2020

Spring 2020

Summer 2020

Autumn 2020

Winter 2021

Spring 2021

Summer 2021

Autumn 2021

Sampling date

26.01

27.04

19.07

13.10

3.02

18.04

13.07

24.10

Day length (hr:min)

10.34

13.2

13.58

11.27

10.43

13.03

13.58

11.07

Sea surface temperature (°C)

17

20.8

29.4

28.5

18.7

19.9

29.8

26.2

Salinity (PSU)

38.5

38.8

39.1

39.4

39

39

39.4

39.5

Turbidity (FTU)

2.5

0.4

0.8

0.6

2.7

0.9

1.1

0.4

Fluorescence mg Chl/m3

0.7

0.34

0.86

0.51

0.22

0.35

0.17

0.14

PAR** (uE/m2/sec)

666

404

279

452

200

677

112

–

SbeopoxPS (%)***

102.18

100.94

100.32

100.44

98.26

103.11

100.38

91.21

  1. *Parameters values represent the average of measurements taken by a CTD at depths of 0.5 to 1.5 m at the time of microplastic collection. **Photosynthetically active radiation. ***Oxygen saturation.
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