First evidence of microplastic contamination in the freshwater of Lake Guaíba, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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

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

Presence of antibiotic resistance genes and its association with antibiotic occurrence in Dilúvio River in southern Brazil

(2020) Juliana Bazzan Arsand et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Riverine microplastic pollution matters: A case study in the Zhangjiang River of Southeastern China

(2020) Zhong Pan et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

First evidence of microplastics in nine lakes across Patagonia (South America)

(2020) María Belén Alfonso et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Review of current trends, advances and analytical challenges for microplastics contamination in Latin America

(2020) Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Occurrence and organic contaminant-carrier effect of microplastics in surface water from the Feilaixia Reservoir in the Beijiang River, China

(2019) Xiangling Tan et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Deep sea sediments of the Arctic Central Basin: A potential sink for microplastics

(2019) La Daana K. Kanhai et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Lago Guaíba: uma análise histórico-cultural da poluição hídrica em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

(2019) Leonardo Capeleto de Andrade et al.   Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental

Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

(2019) Steve Allen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Sampling techniques and preparation methods for microplastic analyses in the aquatic environment – A review

(2019) Friederike Stock et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Exposure to microplastics decreases swimming competence in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio)

(2019) Liyuan Qiang et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Microplastic pollution in the rivers of the Tibet Plateau

(2019) Changbo Jiang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The contribution of washing processes of synthetic clothes to microplastic pollution

(2019) Francesca De Falco et al.   Scientific Reports

Sorption of sulfamethoxazole onto six types of microplastics

(2019) Xuan Guo et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

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

(2019) Lu Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A study on characteristics of microplastic in wastewater of South Korea: Identification, quantification, and fate of microplastics during treatment process

(2019) Haerul Hidayaturrahman et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Environmental implications of microplastic pollution in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean

(2019) Zhong Pan et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Food-web transfer of microplastics between wild caught fish and crustaceans in East China Sea

(2019) Feng Zhang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic in the sediments of a highly eutrophic tropical estuary

(2019) Vivianne E.N. Alves et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Nano/microplastics in water and wastewater treatment processes – Origin, impact and potential solutions

(2019) Marie Enfrin et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Brain food? Trophic transfer and tissue retention of microplastics by the velvet swimming crab (Necora puber)

(2019) Neil Crooks et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Microplastics in subsurface waters of the western equatorial Atlantic (Brazil)

(2019) Tatiane Martins Garcia et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Distribution of microplastics in surface water of the lower Yellow River near estuary

(2019) Mei Han 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

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

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

FTIR and Raman imaging for microplastics analysis: State of the art, challenges and prospects

(2019) Jun-Li Xu et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Interaction of chemical contaminants with microplastics: Principles and perspectives

(2019) Omowunmi H. Fred-Ahmadu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic pollution in water, sediment, and fish from artificial reefs around the Ma’an Archipelago, Shengsi, China

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

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

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

First evidence of microplastic ingestion by fishes from the Amazon River estuary

(2018) Tamyris de Souza e Silva Pegado et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Suspended microplastics in a highly polluted bay: Abundance, size, and availability for mesozooplankton

(2018) Gisela M. Figueiredo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

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

Plastics in soil: Analytical methods and possible sources

(2018) Melanie Bläsing et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

First detection of plastic microfibers in a wild population of South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis) in the Chilean Northern Patagonia

(2018) D.J. Perez-Venegas et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

(2018) Tomoya Kataoka et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in freshwater environments: A review of quantification assessment

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

Comparison of microplastic pollution in different water bodies from urban creeks to coastal waters

(2018) Wenya Luo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Identification of microplastics in fish ponds and natural freshwater environments of the Carpathian basin, Europe

(2018) Gábor Bordós et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastic abundance, distribution and composition in water, sediments, and wild fish from Poyang Lake, China

(2018) Wenke Yuan et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Plastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems: macro-, meso-, and microplastic debris in a floodplain lake

(2017) Martin C. M. Blettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Bohai Sea, China

(2017) Weiwei Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic contamination in Lake Winnipeg, Canada

(2017) Philip J. Anderson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in sediments of the Changjiang Estuary, China

(2017) Guyu Peng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

Ecotoxicity testing of microplastics: Considering the heterogeneity of physicochemical properties

(2017) Scott Lambert et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

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

(2016) Shirin Estahbanati et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

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

(2016) Kai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution in lakes and lake shoreline sediments – A case study on Lake Bolsena and Lake Chiusi (central Italy)

(2016) Elke Kerstin Fischer 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

Factors influencing the detection of beach plastic debris

(2016) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Evaluation of microplastics in Jurujuba Cove, Niterói, RJ, Brazil, an area of mussels farming

(2016) Rebeca Oliveira Castro et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the Solent estuarine complex, UK: An initial assessment

(2016) Anthony Gallagher et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Long-term aging and degradation of microplastic particles: Comparing in situ oceanic and experimental weathering patterns

(2016) Jennifer Brandon et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments

(2016) Anika Ballent et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sinking rates of microplastics and potential implications of their alteration by physical, biological, and chemical factors

(2016) Nicole Kowalski et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic pollution of the beaches of Guanabara Bay, Southeast Brazil

(2016) Diego Gomes de Carvalho et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

A preliminary nationwide survey of the presence of emerging contaminants in drinking and source waters in Brazil

(2016) Kelly C. Machado et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

Seasonal distribution and interactions between plankton and microplastics in a tropical estuary

(2015) A.R.A. Lima et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Changes in the composition of ichthyoplankton assemblage and plastic debris in mangrove creeks relative to moon phases

(2015) A. R. A. Lima et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Reducing microplastics from facial exfoliating cleansers in wastewater through treatment versus consumer product decisions

(2015) Michelle Chang   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic concentrations in beach sediments along the German Baltic coast

(2015) Andrea Stolte et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Distribution patterns of microplastics within the plankton of a tropical estuary

(2014) A.R.A. Lima et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

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

Simple procedure for an estimation of the coal rank using micro-Raman spectroscopy

(2014) Ruth Hinrichs et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COAL GEOLOGY

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

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

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

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

(2009) E. L. Teuten et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES