Abundance of microplastic in Water Column of Lubuk Siam Lake (Oxbow) Lubuk Siam Village Siak Hulu District Kampar Regency Riau Province

Microplastics originated from degraded plastic materials that may be flown to water bodies and accidentally swallowed by aquatic organisms. The research aims understand the microplastics in body Lubuk Siam lake was conducted September November 2020. Samplings were 3 times, once per month, sampling points. At each point, 100 L of taken filtered using a plankton net (30 µm mesh size). To obtain microplastics, again Whatman filter paper No.42, type identified binocular microscope. Results show types found namely fibers, films, fragments. microplastic density (10 fibers/m3), (93 films/m3) (40 fragments/m3) water. Data obtained indicate most common waters film.