Riverine microplastics: Behaviour, spatio-temporal variability, and recommendations for standardised sampling and monitoring

Storm Response of Fluvial Sedimentary Microplastics

(2020) Annie Ockelford et al.   Scientific Reports

Are we underestimating microplastic abundance in the marine environment? A comparison of microplastic capture with nets of different mesh-size

(2020) Penelope K. Lindeque et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution of the Tamsui River and its tributaries in northern Taiwan: Spatial heterogeneity and correlation with precipitation

(2020) Graham Wong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Distribution, abundance, and diversity of microplastics in the upper St. Lawrence River

(2020) Alex Crew et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The way of microplastic through the environment – Application of the source-pathway-receptor model (review)

(2020) Kryss Waldschläger et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Tributary inflows enhance the microplastic load in the estuary: A case from the Qiantang River

(2020) Wenlu Zhao et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic rain in protected areas of the United States

(2020) Janice Brahney et al.   SCIENCE

Effects of hydrodynamics on the cross‐sectional distribution and transport of plastic in an urban coastal river

(2020) Charlotte J. Haberstroh et al.   WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH

A systems approach to understand microplastic occurrence and variability in Dutch riverine surface waters

(2020) S.M. Mintenig et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Rapid Sampling of Suspended and Floating Microplastics in Challenging Riverine and Coastal Water Environments in Japan

(2020) Amila Abeynayaka et al.   Water

Comparative assessment of microplastics in water and sediment of a large European river

(2020) Christian Scherer et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

London's river of plastic: High levels of microplastics in the Thames water column

(2020) Katharine H. Rowley et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Storm events as key moments of microplastic contamination in aquatic ecosystems

(2020) James N. Hitchcock   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microscopy and elemental analysis characterisation of microplastics in sediment of a freshwater urban river in Scotland, UK

(2019) Reina M. Blair et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Effects of Particle Properties on the Settling and Rise Velocities of Microplastics in Freshwater under Laboratory Conditions

(2019) Kryss Waldschläger et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The effect of dams on river transport of microplastic pollution

(2019) Lisa Watkins et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Freshwater and airborne textile fibre populations are dominated by ‘natural’, not microplastic, fibres

(2019) Thomas Stanton et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: Detection, occurrence and removal

(2019) Jing Sun et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastic pollution in the rivers of the Tibet Plateau

(2019) Changbo Jiang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Raman Tweezers for Small Microplastics and Nanoplastics Identification in Seawater

(2019) Raymond Gillibert et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Adsorption behavior of organic pollutants and metals on micro/nanoplastics in the aquatic environment

(2019) Fei Yu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in surface waters and sediments of the Wei River, in the northwest of China

(2019) Ling Ding et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The impact of inter‐flood duration on non‐cohesive sediment bed stability

(2019) Annie Ockelford et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Microplastics and their possible sources: The example of Ofanto river in Southeast Italy

(2019) Claudia Campanale et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Relationship between Discharge and River Plastic Concentrations in a Rural and an Urban Catchment

(2019) Stephan Wagner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Spatiotemporal distribution and annual load of microplastics in the Nakdong River, South Korea

(2019) Soeun Eo et al.   WATER RESEARCH

White and wonderful? Microplastics prevail in snow from the Alps to the Arctic

(2019) Melanie Bergmann et al.   Science Advances

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

(2019) Zeynep Akdogan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Vertical Distribution of Microplastics in the Water Column and Surficial Sediment from the Milwaukee River Basin to Lake Michigan

(2019) Peter L. Lenaker et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic sources: A survey across scientific and grey literature for their inventory and relative contribution to microplastics pollution in natural environments, with an emphasis on surface water

(2019) Silvia Galafassi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Distribution of microplastics in surface water and sediments of Qin river in Beibu Gulf, China

(2019) Lishan Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Spatial-temporal distribution of microplastics in surface water and sediments of Maozhou River within Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

(2019) Pengfei Wu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Current practices and future perspectives of microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems in China

(2019) Zhilu Fu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurence of microplastics in the hyporheic zone of rivers

(2019) S. Frei et al.   Scientific Reports

Tracing microplastics in aquatic environments based on sediment analogies

(2019) Kristina Enders et al.   Scientific Reports

Plastic debris in rivers

(2019) Tim Emmerik et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water

Atmospheric microplastic deposition in an urban environment and an evaluation of transport

(2019) S.L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Advances and challenges of microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems: A UK perspective

(2019) Yuchuan Meng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Factors Controlling the Distribution of Microplastic Particles in Benthic Sediment of the Thames River, Canada

(2019) Patricia L. Corcoran et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Release of hazardous nanoplastic contaminants due to microplastics fragmentation under shear stress forces

(2019) Marie Enfrin et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Abundance, distribution patterns, and identification of microplastics in Brisbane River sediments, Australia

(2019) Beibei He et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Environmental exposure to microplastics: An overview on possible human health effects

(2019) Joana Correia Prata et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic pollution in a stormwater floating treatment wetland: Detection of tyre particles in sediment

(2019) Shima Ziajahromi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Macroplastic and microplastic contamination assessment of a tropical river (Saigon River, Vietnam) transversed by a developing megacity

(2018) Lisa Lahens et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Airborne microplastics: Consequences to human health?

(2018) Joana Correia Prata   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Multi-temporal surveys for microplastic particles enabled by a novel and fast application of SWIR imaging spectroscopy – Study of an urban watercourse traversing the city of Berlin, Germany

(2018) L. Katharina Schmidt et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The influence of exposure and physiology on microplastic ingestion by the freshwater fish Rutilus rutilus (roach) in the River Thames, UK

(2018) Alice A. Horton et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Sources and distribution of microplastics in China's largest inland lake – Qinghai Lake

(2018) Xiong Xiong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic hotspots in the Snake and Lower Columbia rivers: A journey from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to the Pacific Ocean

(2018) Kirsten J. Kapp et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in freshwater river sediments in Shanghai, China: A case study of risk assessment in mega-cities

(2018) Guyu Peng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in Swiss Floodplain Soils

(2018) Michael Scheurer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Aquatic Environments: Aggregation, Deposition, and Enhanced Contaminant Transport

(2018) Olubukola S. Alimi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Wastewater treatment plants as a source of microplastics in river catchments

(2018) Paul Kay et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Microplastics in wastewater: State of the knowledge on sources, fate and solutions

(2018) Joana Correia Prata   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

(2018) Rachel Hurley et al.   Nature Geoscience

Spatial and temporal distribution of microplastics in water and sediments of a freshwater system (Antuã River, Portugal)

(2018) M.O. Rodrigues et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic ingestion by Daphnia magna and its enhancement on algal growth

(2018) Patrick M. Canniff et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in surface waters and sediments of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

(2018) Mingxiao Di et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Synthetic and non-synthetic anthropogenic fibers in a river under the impact of Paris Megacity: Sampling methodological aspects and flux estimations

(2018) Rachid Dris et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic ingestion by riverine macroinvertebrates

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

An overview of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution in agroecosystems

(2018) Ee-Ling Ng et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Sinks and sources: Assessing microplastic abundance in river sediment and deposit feeders in an Austral temperate urban river system

(2018) Holly A. Nel 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

Microplastic pollution in surface sediments of urban water areas in Changsha, China: Abundance, composition, surface textures

(2018) Xiaofeng Wen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Nano And Mciroplastic Analysis: Focus On Remediation Technologies And Occurrence In Freshwater Ecosystems

(2018) Yolanda Pico et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Small Microplastic Sampling in Water: Development of an Encapsulated Filtration Device

(2018) Robin Lenz et al.   Water

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

(2018) Tomoya Kataoka et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics: Finding a consensus on the definition

(2018) J.P.G.L. Frias et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Source tracking microplastics in the freshwater environment

(2018) N.L. Fahrenfeld et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Methods for sampling and detection of microplastics in water and sediment: A critical review

(2018) Joana Correia Prata et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microplastics in freshwater environments: A review of quantification assessment

(2018) Lorena M. Rios Mendoza et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

A watershed-scale, citizen science approach to quantifying microplastic concentration in a mixed land-use river

(2018) Abigail P.W. Barrows et al.   WATER RESEARCH

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

(2018) Joseph Tibbetts et al.   Water

Quantification is more than counting: Actions required to accurately quantify and report isolated marine microplastics

(2018) Molly L. Rivers et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastics in the marine environment are reservoirs for antibiotic and metal resistance genes

(2018) Yuyi Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Occurrence and fate of microplastic debris in middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River – From inland to the sea

(2018) Xiong Xiong et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics en route: Field measurements in the Dutch river delta and Amsterdam canals, wastewater treatment plants, North Sea sediments and biota

(2017) H.A. Leslie et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastics in the sediments of a UK urban lake

(2017) Rebecca Vaughan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Presence of microplastic in the digestive tracts of European flounder, Platichthys flesus , and European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus , from the River Thames

(2017) A.R. McGoran et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Fate of nano- and microplastic in freshwater systems: A modeling study

(2017) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea

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

Combined Effects of UV Exposure Duration and Mechanical Abrasion on Microplastic Fragmentation by Polymer Type

(2017) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Changes in river flood hazard in Europe: a review

(2017) Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz et al.   HYDROLOGY RESEARCH

Large microplastic particles in sediments of tributaries of the River Thames, UK – Abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Settling velocity of microplastic particles of regular shapes

(2017) Liliya Khatmullina et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The plastic in microplastics: A review

(2017) Anthony L. Andrady   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

Wastewater treatment plants as a pathway for microplastics: Development of a new approach to sample wastewater-based microplastics

(2017) Shima Ziajahromi et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Export of microplastics from land to sea. A modelling approach

(2017) Max Siegfried et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Identification of microplastic in effluents of waste water treatment plants using focal plane array-based micro-Fourier-transform infrared imaging

(2017) S.M. Mintenig et al.   WATER RESEARCH

What is the “active layer”?

(2017) M. Church et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

(2017) Laurent C. M. Lebreton et al.   Nature Communications

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

Changes in river flood hazard in Europe: a review

(2017) Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz et al.   Hydrology Research

Influence of wastewater treatment plant discharges on microplastic concentrations in surface water

(2016) Shirin Estahbanati et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Multi-hazard assessment in Europe under climate change

(2016) Giovanni Forzieri et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

The performance of gross pollutant trap for water quality preservation: a real practical application at the Klang Valley, Malaysia

(2016) L. Sidek et al.   Desalination and Water Treatment

Microplastic pollution is widely detected in US municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent

(2016) Sherri A. Mason et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Is there any consistency between the microplastics found in the field and those used in laboratory experiments?

(2016) Nam Ngoc Phuong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastic Debris in 29 Great Lakes Tributaries: Relations to Watershed Attributes and Hydrology

(2016) Austin K. Baldwin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Understanding the Fragmentation Pattern of Marine Plastic Debris

(2016) Alexandra ter Halle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) as a Source of Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment

(2016) Fionn Murphy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Dangerous hitchhikers? Evidence for potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. on microplastic particles

(2016) Inga V. Kirstein et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Transport and fate of microplastic particles in wastewater treatment plants

(2016) Steve A. Carr et al.   WATER RESEARCH

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

(2016) Amanda R. McCormick et al.   Ecosphere

A theoretical assessment of microplastic transport in river catchments and their retention by soils and river sediments

(2016) Luca Nizzetto et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

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

Accumulation of floating microplastics behind the Three Gorges Dam

(2015) Kai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Occurrence and Spatial Distribution of Microplastics in River Shore Sediments of the Rhine-Main Area in Germany

(2015) Sascha Klein et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Abundance, size and polymer composition of marine microplastics ≥ 10 μm in the Atlantic Ocean and their modelled vertical distribution

(2015) Kristina Enders et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The impact of debris on marine life

(2015) S.C. Gall et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A critical overview of the analytical approaches to the occurrence, the fate and the behavior of microplastics in the environment

(2015) Teresa Rocha-Santos et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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

Microplastics profile along the Rhine River

(2015) Thomas Mani et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastic pollution in St. Lawrence River sediments

(2014) Rowshyra A. Castañeda et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

The Danube so colourful: A potpourri of plastic litter outnumbers fish larvae in Europe's second largest river

(2014) Aaron Lechner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Nanoplastic Affects Growth of S. obliquus and Reproduction of D. magna

(2014) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Large Accumulation of Micro-sized Synthetic Polymer Particles in the Sea Surface Microlayer

(2014) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

Microplastics in Four Estuarine Rivers in the Chesapeake Bay, U.S.A.

(2014) Lance T. Yonkos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Comparison of the distribution and degradation of plastic debris along shorelines of the Great Lakes, North America

(2014) Maciej Zbyszewski et al.   JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH

Large filter feeding marine organisms as indicators of microplastic in the pelagic environment: The case studies of the Mediterranean basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

(2014) Maria Cristina Fossi et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

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

On the quantity and composition of floating plastic debris entering and leaving the Tamar Estuary, Southwest England

(2014) Saeed S. Sadri et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

(2014) Martin Wagner et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

(2013) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

(2013) Outi Setälä et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Size-Dependent Effects of Micro Polystyrene Particles in the Marine Copepod Tigriopus japonicus

(2013) Kyun-Woo Lee et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton

(2013) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Erosion of biofilm-bound fluvial sediments

(2013) Elisa Vignaga et al.   Nature Geoscience

Comparison of methods for quantifying active layer dynamics and bedload discharge in armoured gravel-bed rivers

(2012) Geoffrey Houbrechts et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification

(2012) Valeria Hidalgo-Ruz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Competitive sorption of persistent organic pollutants onto microplastics in the marine environment

(2012) Adil Bakir et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Distribution and Degradation of Fresh Water Plastic Particles Along the Beaches of Lake Huron, Canada

(2011) Maciej Zbyszewski et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Declines in phosphorus concentration in the upper River Thames (UK): Links to sewage effluent cleanup and extended end-member mixing analysis

(2009) Colin Neal et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

First flush in a combined sewer system

(2008) Janet Barco et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity

(2008) Jennifer L Molnar et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT