Atmospheric deposition of microplastics in urban, rural, forest environments: A case study of Thulamela Local Municipality

• Thendo Mutshekwa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: thendomutshekwa@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Freshwater Invertebrates, Albany Museum, Makhanda, South Africa, Institute of Water Research, Rhodes University, Makhanda (Grahamstown), South Africa, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0549-3265

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• Fulufhelo Mulaudzi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

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• Vuledzani P. Maiyana,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, Florida, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0875-861X

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• Lubabalo Mofu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), Makhanda, South Africa, Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa

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• Linton F. Munyai,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aquatic Systems Research Group, School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Mpumalanga, Nelspruit, South Africa

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• Florence M. Murungweni

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

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