KERUBO, JOYCE OMBONGI
Plastics enter the ocean inform of either large debris or microplastics that are a product of breakdown from the large debris or are primarily microplastics suchs as beads used in beauty products. Plastic pollution impacts in oceans are considerable world over. Microplastics (MPs) are tiny plastic particles measuring between 0.1μm and 5000 μm, make an important part of plastic pollution and form a pathway to the aquatic food web including humans. And although this is a global problem, there are limited studies along the Kenyan Coast in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO).