Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in the mangrove sediment of the semi-enclosed Maowei Sea of the South China Sea: New implications for location, rhizosphere, and sediment compositions

Ruilong Li1, Yinghui Wang2, Shaopeng Wang2, Kefu Yu2 and Wei Zhang2, (1)1 School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P.R. China 2 Guangxi Laboratory on the Study of Coral Reefs in the South China Sea, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P.R. China 3 Coral Reef Research Center of China, Guangxi University, , Nanning, China, (2)1 School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P.R. China 2 Guangxi Laboratory on the Study of Coral Reefs in the South China Sea, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P.R. China 3 Coral Reef Research Center of China, Guangxi University, , China