MICROPLASTIC CONTAMINATION AROUND CORAL REEFS DIVING SPOT IN TIDUNG ISLAND, KEPULAUAN SERIBU, JAKARTA, Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences August 2023, Vol. 18, No. 2, p. 333 – 341; DOI:10.26471/cjees/2023/018/263 - Carpathian Journal of Earth And Environmental Sciences

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SULISTIOWATI^1,4, Neviaty Putri ZAMANI^2,5*, Dietriech Geoffrey BENGEN², & Muhammad Reza CORDOVA³

¹Graduate Student at Marine Science Study Program, Graduate School, IPB University, Jl. Raya Dramaga Kampus IPB Dramaga Bogor 16680, Indonesia

²Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, IPB University, Jl. Raya Dramaga Kampus IPB Dramaga Bogor 16680 West Java, Indonesia, Tel:+62-25-18622953, Fax: +62-251-8623644,

Corresponding author: neviaty@apps.ipb.ac.id

³Research Center for Oceanography, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Republic of Indonesia, BRIN Kawasan Jakarta Ancol, Jalan Pasir Putih I, Ancol Timur, Jakarta 14430, Indonesia

⁴Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Gadjah Mada University, Jl. Flora, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta 555281, Indonesia

⁵Center for Transdisciplinary and Sustainability Science. IPB University. Kampus IPB Baranang Siang, Bogor 16144. Indonesia

MICROPLASTIC CONTAMINATION AROUND CORAL REEFS DIVING SPOT IN TIDUNG ISLAND, KEPULAUAN SERIBU, JAKARTA, Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences August 2023, Vol. 18, No. 2, p. 333 – 341; DOI:10.26471/cjees/2023/018/263

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Research on microplastic in coral ecosystems in Indonesia is infrequent. This research will observe Microplastic on the coral reef dive tourism in Tidung Island, Kepulauan Seribu, Jakarta Bay. The number of microplastics varied between 60 to 340 particles/kg dry weight. Fiber was the most microplastic type found in all stations; it ranged from 67% to 100%. Size of microplastic found in this study ranged <100 to >1100 𝞵𝞵m. We found four types of polymers (polybutylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyester) with the highest percentage of polyethylene at 61.76%. We assume that microplastics observed in coral reef sediment on Tidung island originated mainly from anthropogenic sources. Waste management must be tightened and enhanced in the Kepulauan Seribu and neighboring areas, such as the western area of Java Island and its adjacent areas.