Occurrence, distribution, and characterization of suspended microplastics in a highly impacted estuarine wetland in Argentina

Spatial distribution patterns and identification of microplastics on intertidal sediments from urban and semi-natural SW Atlantic estuaries

(2021) Mauricio Díaz-Jaramillo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics integrating the zooplanktonic fraction in a saline lake of Argentina: influence of water management

(2020) María Belén Alfonso et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

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

Uptake and detoxification of trace metals in estuarine crabs: insights into the role of metallothioneins

(2020) Daniela María Truchet et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

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

(2020) Wenlu Zhao et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Distribution and characteristics of microplastics in urban waters of seven cities in the Tuojiang River basin, China

(2020) Guanyu Zhou et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Assessing urban microplastic pollution in a benthic habitat of Patagonia Argentina

(2020) María F. Ríos et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of microplastics in marine organisms: A review and meta-analysis of current data

(2020) Michaela E. Miller et al.   PLoS One

Approaching the environmental problem of microplastics: Importance of WWTP treatments

(2020) Daniel Sol et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

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

Integrative assessment of the ecological risk of heavy metals in a South American estuary under human pressures

(2020) Daniela M. Truchet et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

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

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

Chemical composition and abundance of microplastics in the muscle of commercial shrimp Pleoticus muelleri at an impacted coastal environment (Southwestern Atlantic)

(2020) M.D. Fernández Severini et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

First report of microplastics presence in the mussel Mytilus chilensis from Ushuaia Bay (Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina)

(2020) Analía F. Pérez et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Study of a stream in Argentina with a high concentration of microplastics: Preliminary analysis of the methodology

(2020) S. Montecinos et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics and suspended particles in a strongly impacted coastal environment: Composition, abundance, surface texture, and interaction with metal ions

(2020) A.D. Forero López et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

COVID-19 pandemic repercussions on plastic and antiviral polymeric textile causing pollution on beaches and coasts of South America

(2020) M. Ardusso et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Preliminary studies about the role of physicochemical parameters on the organotin compound dynamic in a South American estuary (Bahía Blanca, Argentina)

(2019) Pamela Y. Quintas et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

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

The chemical behaviors of microplastics in marine environment: A review

(2019) Xuan Guo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Leaching of endocrine disrupting chemicals from marine microplastics and mesoplastics under common life stress conditions

(2019) Qiqing Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastic accumulation and biomagnification in a coastal marine reserve situated in a sparsely populated area

(2019) A.M. Saley et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A baseline study of microplastics in the burrowing crab (Neohelice granulata) from a temperate southwestern Atlantic estuary

(2019) Diana M. Villagran et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Detection of artificial cellulose microfibers in Boops boops from the northern coasts of Sicily (Central Mediterranean)

(2019) Serena Savoca et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in oysters (Crassostrea gigas) and water at the Bahía Blanca Estuary (Southwestern Atlantic): An emerging issue of global concern

(2019) Melisa D. Fernández Severini et al.   Regional Studies in Marine Science

Effect of weathering on environmental behavior of microplastics: Properties, sorption and potential risks

(2019) Peng Liu et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastics and seafood: lower trophic organisms at highest risk of contamination

(2019) Chris Walkinshaw et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

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 increase the marine production of particulate forms of organic matter

(2019) Luisa Galgani et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Microplastic exposure to zooplankton at tidal fronts in Charleston Harbor, SC USA

(2019) Tokea G. Payton et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Fishers' Ecological Knowledge about Marine Pollution: What Can FEK Contribute to Ecological and Conservation Studies of a Southwestern Atlantic Estuary?

(2019) Daniela M. Truchet et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY

Microplastics in ballast water as an emerging source and vector for harmful chemicals, antibiotics, metals, bacterial pathogens and HAB species: A potential risk to the marine environment and human health

(2019) Ravidas Krishna Naik et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Chemical composition and ecotoxicity of plastic and car tire rubber leachates to aquatic organisms

(2019) Marco Capolupo et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Heavy metal concentrations in sediments and in mussels from Argentinean coastal environments, South America

(2018) N. S. Buzzi et al.   Environmental Earth Sciences

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

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

An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling

(2018) John N. Hahladakis et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastics in marine sediments near Rothera Research Station, Antarctica

(2018) Sarah Reed et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Lost but can't be neglected: Huge quantities of small microplastics hide in the South China Sea

(2018) Minggang Cai 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

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

(2018) Jianmin Zhao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Characterization of plastic debris and association of metals with microplastics in coastline sediment along the Persian Gulf

(2018) Sina Dobaradaran et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Freshwater plastic pollution: Recognizing research biases and identifying knowledge gaps

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

Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic

(2018) L. Lebreton et al.   Scientific Reports

Feasting on microplastics: ingestion by and effects on marine organisms

(2018) CO Egbeocha et al.   Aquatic Biology

Microplastics integrating the coastal planktonic community in the inner zone of the Río de la Plata estuary (South America)

(2018) Rocío S. Pazos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in the Northwestern Pacific: Abundance, distribution, and characteristics

(2018) Zhong Pan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

Validation of MODIS-Aqua bio-optical algorithms for phytoplankton absorption coefficient measurement in optically complex waters of El Rincón (Argentina)

(2018) Ana L. Delgado et al.   CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH

A small-scale, portable method for extracting microplastics from marine sediments

(2017) Rachel L. Coppock et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2017) Cristina Munari et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in gut contents of coastal freshwater fish from Río de la Plata estuary

(2017) Rocío S. Pazos 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

Time-varying environmental control of phytoplankton in a changing estuarine system

(2017) M. Celeste López Abbate et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Synthetic fibers as microplastics in the marine environment: A review from textile perspective with a focus on domestic washings

(2017) Flavia Salvador Cesa et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in Spanish Table Salt

(2017) Maria E. Iñiguez et al.   Scientific Reports

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

(2016) Shirin Estahbanati et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Plastic waste in the marine environment: A review of sources, occurrence and effects

(2016) W.C. LI et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

(Nano)plastics in the environment – Sources, fates and effects

(2016) João Pinto da Costa et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Characterisation of microplastics and toxic chemicals extracted from microplastic samples from the North Pacific Gyre

(2015) Lorena M. Rios Mendoza et al.   Environmental Chemistry

When Microplastic Is Not Plastic: The Ingestion of Artificial Cellulose Fibers by Macrofauna Living in Seagrass Macrophytodetritus

(2015) François Remy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Assessment of the physicochemical conditions sediments in a polluted tidal flat colonized by microbial mats in Bahía Blanca Estuary (Argentina)

(2015) C.V. Spetter et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine neustonic microplastics around the southeastern coast of Korea

(2015) Jung-Hoon Kang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

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

Anthropogenic debris in seafood: Plastic debris and fibers from textiles in fish and bivalves sold for human consumption

(2015) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   Scientific Reports

Evidence of microplastics in samples of zooplankton from Portuguese coastal waters

(2014) J.P.G.L. Frias et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

(2014) Marcus Eriksen et al.   PLoS One

The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

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

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

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

The effect of wind mixing on the vertical distribution of buoyant plastic debris

(2012) T. Kukulka et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The impact of sewage on environmental quality and the mesozooplankton community in a highly eutrophic estuary in Argentina

(2012) M. S. Dutto et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Sewage pollution effects on mesozooplankton structure in a shallow temperate estuary

(2011) Florencia Biancalana et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Comparative acute toxicity of leachates from plastic products made of polypropylene, polyethylene, PVC, acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene, and epoxy to Daphnia magna

(2011) Delilah Lithner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic particles in coastal pelagic ecosystems of the Northeast Pacific ocean

(2010) Miriam J. Doyle et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

Applications and societal benefits of plastics

(2009) A. L. Andrady et al.   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

Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

(2009) D. K. A. Barnes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Synthetic polymers in the marine environment: A rapidly increasing, long-term threat

(2008) Charles James Moore   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH