Managing the invisible threat of microplastics in marine ecosystems: Lessons from coast of the Bay of Bengal

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Disaster Management, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur 5400, Bangladesh.
• ² Department of Disaster Management, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur 5400, Bangladesh; Department of Development Studies, Daffodil International University, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ³ Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
• ⁴ Department of Soil Science, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali 8602, Bangladesh.
• ⁵ Department of Aquaculture, Sher - e - Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh.
• ⁶ Institute of National Analytical Research and Service (INARS), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh.
• ⁷ Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Chemistry Division, Atomic Energy Centre Dhaka (AECD), Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
• ⁸ Department of Disaster Management, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, India.
• ⁹ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 62529, Saudi Arabia; Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
• ¹⁰ Post-Graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute, Urutaí, GO, Brazil; Post-Graduation Program in Ecology, Conservation, and Biodiversity, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil; Post-Graduation Program in Biotechnology and Biodiversity, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].