Microplastics in Freshwater: What Is the News from the World?

Estimating the size distribution of plastics ingested by animals

(2020) Ifan B. Jâms et al.   Nature Communications

A catchment-scale perspective of plastic pollution

(2019) Fredric M. Windsor et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The Eukaryotic Life on Microplastics in Brackish Ecosystems

(2019) Marie Therese Kettner et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Rethinking microplastics as a diverse contaminant suite

(2019) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Microplastics in the diet of nestling double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auratus), an obligate piscivore in a freshwater ecosystem

(2019) Cole B. Brookson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Microplastics in cosmetics: Environmental issues and needs for global bans

(2019) C. Guerranti et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Microplastic exposure and effects in aquatic organisms: A physiological perspective

(2019) Silvia Franzellitti et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Distribution of plastic polymer types in the marine environment; A meta-analysis

(2019) Gabriel Erni-Cassola et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastics in freshwaters and drinking water: Critical review and assessment of data quality

(2019) Albert A. Koelmans et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Modelling global river export of microplastics to the marine environment: Sources and future trends

(2019) Jikke van Wijnen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics contamination in different trophic state lakes along the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River Basin

(2019) Lu Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

First empirical study of freshwater microplastics in West Africa using gastropods from Nigeria as bioindicators

(2019) Emmanuel O. Akindele et al.   LIMNOLOGICA

Microplastic concentrations, size distribution, and polymer types in the surface waters of a northern European lake

(2019) Emilia Uurasjärvi et al.   WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH

Microplastics in the environment: A critical review of current understanding and identification of future research needs

(2019) Zeynep Akdogan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Polyethylene microplastics adhere to Lemna minor (L.), yet have no effects on plant growth or feeding by Gammarus duebeni (Lillj.)

(2019) Alicia Mateos-Cárdenas et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A systematic study of the microplastic burden in freshwater fishes of south-western Germany - Are we searching at the right scale?

(2019) Samuel Roch et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Assessment of microplastics in freshwater systems: A review

(2019) Chaoran Li et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurrence of microplastics in the Han River and riverine fish in South Korea

(2019) Tae-Jin Park et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in stormwater runoff in a semiarid region, Tijuana, Mexico

(2019) Teresita de Jesus Piñon-Colin et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics as contaminants in the soil environment: A mini-review

(2019) Jiao Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Massive plastic pollution in a mega-river of a developing country: Sediment deposition and ingestion by fish (Prochilodus lineatus)

(2019) Martín C.M. Blettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in aquatic environments: Occurrence, accumulation, and biological effects

(2019) Shen Xu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Comparison of the abundance of microplastics between rural and urban areas: A case study from East Dongting Lake

(2019) Lingshi Yin et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Identification of microplastics in surface water and Australian freshwater shrimp Paratya australiensis in Victoria, Australia

(2019) Bingxu Nan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Using the Asian clam as an indicator of microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems

(2018) Lei Su et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Current opinion: What is a nanoplastic?

(2018) Julien Gigault et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic Abundance and Composition in Western Lake Superior As Determined via Microscopy, Pyr-GC/MS, and FTIR

(2018) Erik Hendrickson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic contamination of river beds significantly reduced by catchment-wide flooding

(2018) Rachel Hurley et al.   Nature Geoscience

Anthropogenic particles in the stomach contents and liver of the freshwater fish Squalius cephalus

(2018) France Collard et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics: New substrates for heterotrophic activity contribute to altering organic matter cycles in aquatic ecosystems

(2018) Maria Arias-Andres et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic ingestion by riverine macroinvertebrates

(2018) Fredric M. Windsor et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future?

(2018) Luís Carlos de Sá et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review on occurrence, environmental effects, and methods for microplastics detection

(2018) Jingyi Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Freshwater plastic pollution: Recognizing research biases and identifying knowledge gaps

(2018) Martín C.M. Blettler et al.   WATER RESEARCH

A quantitative analysis linking sea turtle mortality and plastic debris ingestion

(2018) Chris Wilcox et al.   Scientific Reports

Assessment of the sources and inflow processes of microplastics in the river environments of Japan

(2018) Tomoya Kataoka et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Characterizing export of land-based microplastics to the estuary - Part I: Application of integrated geospatial microplastic transport models to assess tire and road wear particles in the Seine watershed

(2018) K.M. Unice et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Abundance, Distribution, and Drivers of Microplastic Contamination in Urban River Environments

(2018) Joseph Tibbetts et al.   Water

Estimating microplastic-bound intake of hydrophobic organic chemicals by fish using measured desorption rates to artificial gut fluid

(2018) Hwang Lee et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics alter composition of fungal communities in aquatic ecosystems

(2017) Marie Therese Kettner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microplastics in the sediments of a UK urban lake

(2017) Rebecca Vaughan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution in Vembanad Lake, Kerala, India: The first report of microplastics in lake and estuarine sediments in India

(2017) S. Sruthy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics and mesoplastics in fish from coastal and fresh waters of China

(2017) Khalida Jabeen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea

(2017) Christian Schmidt et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Inventory and transport of plastic debris in the Laurentian Great Lakes

(2017) Matthew J. Hoffman et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics pollution in inland freshwaters of China: A case study in urban surface waters of Wuhan, China

(2017) Wenfeng Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Longitudinal patterns of microplastic concentration and bacterial assemblages in surface and benthic habitats of an urban river

(2017) Timothy J. Hoellein et al.   Freshwater Science

Longitudinal patterns of microplastic concentration and bacterial assemblages in surface and benthic habitats of an urban river

(2017) Timothy J. Hoellein et al.   Freshwater Science

Measuring non-biological diversity using commonly used metrics: Strengths, weaknesses and caveats for their application in beach litter management

(2017) Corrado Battisti et al.   JOURNAL OF COASTAL CONSERVATION

Microplastic pollution of lakeshore sediments from remote lakes in Tibet plateau, China

(2016) Kai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Pelagic plastic pollution within the surface waters of Lake Michigan, USA

(2016) Sherri A. Mason et al.   JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH

Plastics and other anthropogenic debris in freshwater birds from Canada

(2016) Erika R. Holland et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic in surface waters of urban rivers: concentration, sources, and associated bacterial assemblages

(2016) Amanda R. McCormick et al.   Ecosphere

Beyond the ocean: contamination of freshwater ecosystems with (micro-)plastic particles

(2015) Rachid Dris et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Plastic pollution in Swiss surface waters: nature and concentrations, interaction with pollutants

(2015) Florian Faure et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Microplastic contamination in an urban area: a case study in Greater Paris

(2015) Rachid Dris et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs

(2015) Dafne Eerkes-Medrano et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastic is an Abundant and Distinct Microbial Habitat in an Urban River

(2014) Amanda McCormick et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake

(2014) Christopher M. Free et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris

(2014) L. C. Woodall et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems: what we know and what we need to know

(2014) Martin Wagner et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

Life in the “Plastisphere”: Microbial Communities on Plastic Marine Debris

(2013) Erik R. Zettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Environmental implications of plastic debris in marine settings--entanglement, ingestion, smothering, hangers-on, hitch-hiking and alien invasions

(2009) M. R. Gregory   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plastics, the environment and human health: current consensus and future trends

(2009) R. C. Thompson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

(2009) David Moher et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Mechanistic implications of plastic degradation

(2007) Baljit Singh et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY