Microplastic abundance from pig farm effluent and surface water in Sungai Tuang, Melaka, Malaysia
Livestock is one of the country’s important economic resources, nevertheless, an unsystematic livestock farm management system contributes to microplastic pollution. Microplastics (MPs) pollutant hurts the environment and human life, limited studies have been done in Malaysia’s freshwater ecosystems...
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| author | Suwanty Ridzuan Anoam, Muhammad Farid Abdul Hakim Lim, Mohamad Hafiz Abdul Halim, Shamsuri Abdul Manan, Masni Mohd Ali, Khairiatul Mardiana Jansar, |
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| description | Livestock is one of the country’s important economic resources, nevertheless, an unsystematic livestock farm management system contributes to microplastic pollution. Microplastics (MPs) pollutant hurts the environment and human life, limited studies have been done in Malaysia’s freshwater ecosystems. Therefore, this research was to determine the abundance of MPs in surface water and sediments from the nearby river and the last catchment pond of pig farm effluent in Paya Mengkuang and Sungai Tuang, Melaka. The concentration of MPs was compared with six water quality parameters (pH, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), suspended solids (SS), dissolved oxygen (DO), total ammoniacal nitrogen (NH3-N), and chemical oxygen demand (COD). This study found that the average concentration of MPs was 487.38 particles/L and 50.96 particles/g for water and sediment samples consequently. This study showed a significant correlation between COD concentration and microplastic count in sediment samples. The source of microplastics in rivers is associated with anthropogenic activities such as unsystematic garbage disposal and poultry manure. The prevalence of microplastics in the environment of MPs could threaten the safety of resource utilization as MPs enter the food chain in aquatic ecology and pose a severe threat to aquatic organisms directly and subsequently to humans. Our study provides essential data on microplastic pollution in river estuaries and livestock farm areas. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:216962023-06-08T03:55:50Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21696/ Microplastic abundance from pig farm effluent and surface water in Sungai Tuang, Melaka, Malaysia Suwanty Ridzuan Anoam, Muhammad Farid Abdul Hakim Lim, Mohamad Hafiz Abdul Halim, Shamsuri Abdul Manan, Masni Mohd Ali, Khairiatul Mardiana Jansar, Livestock is one of the country’s important economic resources, nevertheless, an unsystematic livestock farm management system contributes to microplastic pollution. Microplastics (MPs) pollutant hurts the environment and human life, limited studies have been done in Malaysia’s freshwater ecosystems. Therefore, this research was to determine the abundance of MPs in surface water and sediments from the nearby river and the last catchment pond of pig farm effluent in Paya Mengkuang and Sungai Tuang, Melaka. The concentration of MPs was compared with six water quality parameters (pH, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), suspended solids (SS), dissolved oxygen (DO), total ammoniacal nitrogen (NH3-N), and chemical oxygen demand (COD). This study found that the average concentration of MPs was 487.38 particles/L and 50.96 particles/g for water and sediment samples consequently. This study showed a significant correlation between COD concentration and microplastic count in sediment samples. The source of microplastics in rivers is associated with anthropogenic activities such as unsystematic garbage disposal and poultry manure. The prevalence of microplastics in the environment of MPs could threaten the safety of resource utilization as MPs enter the food chain in aquatic ecology and pose a severe threat to aquatic organisms directly and subsequently to humans. Our study provides essential data on microplastic pollution in river estuaries and livestock farm areas. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21696/1/ML%208.pdf Suwanty Ridzuan Anoam, and Muhammad Farid Abdul Hakim Lim, and Mohamad Hafiz Abdul Halim, and Shamsuri Abdul Manan, and Masni Mohd Ali, and Khairiatul Mardiana Jansar, (2022) Microplastic abundance from pig farm effluent and surface water in Sungai Tuang, Melaka, Malaysia. Malaysian Applied Biology, 51 (5). pp. 85-95. ISSN 0126-8643 https://jms.mabjournal.com/index.php/mab/index |
| spellingShingle | Suwanty Ridzuan Anoam, Muhammad Farid Abdul Hakim Lim, Mohamad Hafiz Abdul Halim, Shamsuri Abdul Manan, Masni Mohd Ali, Khairiatul Mardiana Jansar, Microplastic abundance from pig farm effluent and surface water in Sungai Tuang, Melaka, Malaysia |
| title | Microplastic abundance from pig farm effluent and surface water in Sungai Tuang, Melaka, Malaysia |
| title_full | Microplastic abundance from pig farm effluent and surface water in Sungai Tuang, Melaka, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Microplastic abundance from pig farm effluent and surface water in Sungai Tuang, Melaka, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microplastic abundance from pig farm effluent and surface water in Sungai Tuang, Melaka, Malaysia |
| title_short | Microplastic abundance from pig farm effluent and surface water in Sungai Tuang, Melaka, Malaysia |
| title_sort | microplastic abundance from pig farm effluent and surface water in sungai tuang, melaka, malaysia |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21696/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21696/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21696/1/ML%208.pdf |