Microplastics in freshwater sediment: A review on methods, occurrence, and sources

A Global Perspective on Microplastics

(2020) Robert C. Hale et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS

Distribution, abundance and risks of microplastics in the environment

(2020) Qing Yu et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Release of harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from photo-degraded plastic debris: A neglected source of environmental pollution

(2020) Tommaso Lomonaco et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Olive oil-based method for the extraction, quantification and identification of microplastics in soil and compost samples

(2020) Costanza Scopetani et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Are we underestimating the sources of microplastic pollution in terrestrial environment?

(2020) Chenye Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris

(2019) Nanna B. Hartmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A temporal sediment record of microplastics in an urban lake, London, UK

(2019) Simon Turner et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

Rethinking microplastics as a diverse contaminant suite

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

Microplastic Pollution in Benthic Midstream Sediments of the Rhine River

(2019) Thomas Mani et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in the marine environment: Current trends in environmental pollution and mechanisms of toxicological profile

(2019) Chibuisi Gideon Alimba et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Different stories told by small and large microplastics in sediment - first report of microplastic concentrations in an urban recipient in Norway

(2019) Marte Haave et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

(2019) Steve Allen et al.   Nature Geoscience

The effect of dams on river transport of microplastic pollution

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

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

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

Microplastic distribution in surface water and sediment river around slum and industrial area (case study: Ciwalengke River, Majalaya district, Indonesia)

(2019) Firdha Cahya Alam et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastic pollution in the rivers of the Tibet Plateau

(2019) Changbo Jiang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution in streams spanning an urbanisation gradient

(2019) Nadezhda Dikareva et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

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

Assessment of microplastic pollution: occurrence and characterisation in Vesijärvi lake and Pikku Vesijärvi pond, Finland

(2019) Costanza Scopetani et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Importance of atmospheric transport for microplastics deposited in remote areas

(2019) Yulan Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

River Deltas as hotspots of microplastic accumulation: The case study of the Ebro River (NW Mediterranean)

(2019) Laura Simon-Sánchez et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Self-contamination from clothing in microplastics research

(2019) Costanza Scopetani et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Quantification of poly(ethylene terephthalate) micro- and nanoparticle contaminants in marine sediments and other environmental matrices

(2019) Valter Castelvetro et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Spatial distribution of meso and microplastics in the sediments of river Ganga at eastern India

(2019) Dhruba Jyoti Sarkar et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in the environment: Challenges in analytical chemistry - A review

(2018) Ana B. Silva et al.   ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA

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

(2018) Lei Su et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A new approach in separating microplastics from environmental samples based on their electrostatic behavior

(2018) Stefanie Felsing et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Abundance, composition, and distribution of microplastics larger than 20 μm in sand beaches of South Korea

(2018) Soeun Eo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2018) Xiong Xiong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Investigating a probable relationship between microplastics and potentially toxic elements in fish muscles from northeast of Persian Gulf

(2018) Razegheh Akhbarizadeh 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

Validation of a Method for Extracting Microplastics from Complex, Organic-Rich, Environmental Matrices

(2018) Rachel R. Hurley et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in Swiss Floodplain Soils

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

A review of methods for measuring microplastics in aquatic environments

(2018) Lei Mai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effects of microplastics on the uptake, distribution and biotransformation of chiral antidepressant venlafaxine in aquatic ecosystem

(2018) Han Qu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Validation of ATR FT-IR to identify polymers of plastic marine debris, including those ingested by marine organisms

(2018) Melissa R. Jung et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics research—from sink to source

(2018) Chelsea M. Rochman   SCIENCE

Microplastics and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Xiamen coastal areas: Implications for anthropogenic impacts

(2018) Guowen Tang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

Occurrence and distribution of microplastics in an urban river: A case study in the Pearl River along Guangzhou City, China

(2018) Lang Lin 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

Microplastic pollution in China's inland water systems: A review of findings, methods, characteristics, effects, and management

(2018) Kai Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Retention and characteristics of microplastics in natural zooplankton taxa from the East China Sea

(2018) Xiaoxia Sun et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic pollution in sediments from the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, China

(2018) Jianmin Zhao 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

Quantification of microplastic mass and removal rates at wastewater treatment plants applying Focal Plane Array (FPA)-based Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) imaging

(2018) Márta Simon et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Preferential accumulation of small (

(2018) Zhenfeng Wang et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

(2018) Ilka Peeken et al.   Nature Communications

Microplastic abundance and characteristics in French Atlantic coastal sediments using a new extraction method

(2018) Nam Ngoc Phuong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

First evaluation of floating microplastics in the Northwestern Adriatic Sea

(2018) Alvise Vianello et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION 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

Microplastics along the beaches of southeast coast of India

(2018) R. Karthik et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in offshore sediment in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea, China

(2018) Chunfang Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

First account of plastic pollution impacting freshwater fishes in the Amazon: Ingestion of plastic debris by piranhas and other serrasalmids with diverse feeding habits

(2018) Marcelo C. Andrade et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Levels of trace metals on microplastic particles in beach sediments of the island of Vis, Adriatic Sea, Croatia

(2018) Jasna Maršić-Lučić et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Source tracking microplastics in the freshwater environment

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

Micro- (nano) plastics in freshwater ecosystems: Abundance, toxicological impact and quantification methodology

(2018) Stefan-Adrian Strungaru 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

Raman microspectroscopy as a tool for microplastic particle analysis

(2018) Philipp M. Anger 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

Microplastics in Sediment and Surface Water of West Dongting Lake and South Dongting Lake: Abundance, Source and Composition

(2018) Changbo Jiang et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Ecotoxicological effects of microplastics: Examination of biomarkers, current state and future perspectives

(2018) Marko D. Prokić et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microplastics in freshwater sediments of Atoyac River basin, Puebla City, Mexico

(2018) V.C. Shruti et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Abundance and distribution of microplastics in the surface sediments from the northern Bering and Chukchi Seas

(2018) Jingli Mu 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

Distribution and importance of microplastics in the marine environment: A review of the sources, fate, effects, and potential solutions

(2017) H.S. Auta et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Are We Underestimating Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments?

(2017) Jeremy L. Conkle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Microplastics in the sediments of a UK urban lake

(2017) Rebecca Vaughan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2017) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in sediments of the Changjiang Estuary, China

(2017) Guyu Peng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Comparison of different methods for MP detection: What can we learn from them, and why asking the right question before measurements matters?

(2017) Anna M. Elert et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Polyester Textiles as a Source of Microplastics from Households: A Mechanistic Study to Understand Microfiber Release During Washing

(2017) Edgar Hernandez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Occurrence and Characteristics of Microplastic Pollution in Xiangxi Bay of Three Gorges Reservoir, China

(2017) Kai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

Microplastics in Baltic bottom sediments: Quantification procedures and first results

(2017) M Zobkov et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the sediments of Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica)

(2017) Cristina Munari et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Screening for microplastics in sediment, water, marine invertebrates and fish: Method development and microplastic accumulation

(2017) Therese M. Karlsson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A standardized method for sampling and extraction methods for quantifying microplastics in beach sand

(2017) Aiken Besley et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The plastic in microplastics: A review

(2017) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ingestion of microplastics by natural zooplankton groups in the northern South China Sea

(2017) Xiaoxia Sun et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The First Evaluation of Microplastics in Sediments from the Complex Lagoon-Channel of Bizerte (Northern Tunisia)

(2017) Sami Abidli et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

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

Characterisation of plastic microbeads in facial scrubs and their estimated emissions in Mainland China

(2017) Pui Kwan Cheung 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

A Simple Method for Quantifying Polycarbonate and Polyethylene Terephthalate Microplastics in Environmental Samples by Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry

(2017) Lei Wang et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Analysis of environmental microplastics by vibrational microspectroscopy: FTIR, Raman or both?

(2016) Andrea Käppler et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microplastic in Aquatic Ecosystems

(2016) Natalia P. Ivleva et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

Microplastics in Taihu Lake, China

(2016) Lei Su et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A Procedure for Measuring Microplastics using Pressurized Fluid Extraction

(2016) Stephen Fuller et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in Sewage Sludge: Effects of Treatment

(2016) A. M. Mahon 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

Extraction, enumeration and identification methods for monitoring microplastics in the environment

(2016) Qiongxuan Qiu et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

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

A novel, highly efficient method for the separation and quantification of plastic particles in sediments of aquatic environments

(2016) Hannes K. Imhof et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS

Identification and Quantification of Microplastics in Wastewater Using Focal Plane Array-Based Reflectance Micro-FT-IR Imaging

(2015) Alexander S. Tagg et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Focal plane array detector-based micro-Fourier-transform infrared imaging for the analysis of microplastics in environmental samples

(2015) Martin G�nter Joachim L�der et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Hidden plastics of Lake Ontario, Canada and their potential preservation in the sediment record

(2015) Patricia L. Corcoran et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics are taken up by mussels (Mytilus edulis) and lugworms (Arenicola marina) living in natural habitats

(2015) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe 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

Microplastics in sediments: A review of techniques, occurrence and effects

(2015) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

East Asian seas: A hot spot of pelagic microplastics

(2015) Atsuhiko Isobe et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A comparison of microscopic and spectroscopic identification methods for analysis of microplastics in environmental samples

(2015) Young Kyoung Song et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic concentrations in beach sediments along the German Baltic coast

(2015) Andrea Stolte et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A critical assessment of visual identification of marine microplastic using Raman spectroscopy for analysis improvement

(2015) Robin Lenz et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

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

Analysis of polyethylene microplastics in environmental samples, using a thermal decomposition method

(2015) Erik Dümichen et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics in Arctic polar waters: the first reported values of particles in surface and sub-surface samples

(2015) Amy L. Lusher et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastic pollution in St. Lawrence River sediments

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

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

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

Plastic debris in the open ocean

(2014) A. Cozar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microplastics in the seas

(2014) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

Isolation of microplastics in biota-rich seawater samples and marine organisms

(2014) Matthew Cole et al.   Scientific Reports

The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

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

Trophic level transfer of microplastic: Mytilus edulis (L.) to Carcinus maenas (L.)

(2013) Paul Farrell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A new analytical approach for monitoring microplastics in marine sediments

(2013) Marie-Theres Nuelle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic particles in sediments of Lagoon of Venice, Italy: First observations on occurrence, spatial patterns and identification

(2013) A. Vianello et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

New techniques for the detection of microplastics in sediments and field collected organisms

(2013) Michiel Claessens et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Measurement of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in plastic resin pellets from remote islands: Toward establishment of background concentrations for International Pellet Watch

(2011) Marvin Heskett et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Environmental and health hazard ranking and assessment of plastic polymers based on chemical composition

(2011) Delilah Lithner et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT