Variability in microplastic sediment concentrations in the Upper Okavango Delta

Uwe Schneidewind1, Liam Kelleher2, Stefan Krause2, Lee Haverson2, Vittorio Maselli3, Mike Murray-Hudson4 and Fulvio Franchi5, (1)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom, (2)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom, (3)Dalhousie University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Halifax, NS, Canada, (4)University of Botswana Okavango Research Institute, Maun, Botswana, (5)Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palapye, Botswana