Insights into the horizontal and vertical profiles of microplastics in a river emptying into the sea affected by intensive anthropogenic activities in Northern China

Microfibre release to water, via laundering, and to air, via everyday use: a comparison between polyester clothing with differing textile parameters

(2020) Francesca De Falco et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Systematic Study of Microplastic Fiber Release from 12 Different Polyester Textiles during Washing

(2020) Yaping Cai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in the commercial seaweed nori

(2020) Qipei Li et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Coupled effects of urbanization level and dam on microplastics in surface waters in a coastal watershed of Southeast China

(2020) Yaling Huang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Anthropogenic pollution of aquatic ecosystems: Emerging problems with global implications

(2020) Donat-P. Häder et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurrence and characteristics of microplastics in the Haihe River: An investigation of a seagoing river flowing through a megacity in northern China

(2020) Yang Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in the freshwater and terrestrial environments: Prevalence, fates, impacts and sustainable solutions

(2020) Johnny Kee Hong Wong et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

Profiling the Vertical Transport of Microplastics in the West Pacific Ocean and the East Indian Ocean with a Novel in Situ Filtration Technique

(2020) Daoji Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Significance of Hyporheic Exchange for Predicting Microplastic Fate in Rivers

(2020) Jennifer D. Drummond et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

New insights into the vertical distribution and microbial degradation of microplastics in urban river sediments

(2020) Lihua Niu et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Effects of anthropogenic discharge and hydraulic deposition on the distribution and accumulation of microplastics in surface sediments of a typical seagoing river: The Haihe River

(2020) Yang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

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

Microplastic Pollution in Benthic Midstream Sediments of the Rhine River

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

A novel method for assessing microplastic effect in suspension through mixing test and reference materials

(2019) Zandra Gerdes et al.   Scientific Reports

The vertical distribution and biological transport of marine microplastics across the epipelagic and mesopelagic water column

(2019) C. Anela Choy et al.   Scientific Reports

Dispersion, Accumulation, and the Ultimate Fate of Microplastics in Deep-Marine Environments: A Review and Future Directions

(2019) Ian A. Kane et al.   Frontiers in Earth Science

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

(2019) Soeun Eo et al.   WATER RESEARCH

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

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

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

Microplastic pollution in water and sediment in a textile industrial area

(2019) Hua Deng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

How climate change and eutrophication interact with microplastic pollution and sediment resuspension in shallow lakes: A review

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

A close relationship between microplastic contamination and coastal area use pattern

(2019) Mi Jang et al.   WATER RESEARCH

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

(2018) Guyu Peng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The distribution and morphology of microplastics in coastal soils adjacent to the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea

(2018) Qian Zhou et al.   GEODERMA

Decadal Comparisons of Particulate Matter in Repeat Transects in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean Basins

(2018) W. D. Gardner et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

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

(2018) Jianmin Zhao 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

Plastic microbeads from cosmetic products: an experimental study of their hydrodynamic behaviour, vertical transport and resuspension in phytoplankton and sediment aggregates

(2018) Paula Möhlenkamp et al.   Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene

Horizontal and Vertical Distribution of Microplastics in Korean Coastal Waters

(2018) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in the aquatic environment: Evidence for or against adverse impacts and major knowledge gaps

(2018) Emily E. Burns et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Anthropogenic stresses on the world’s big rivers

(2018) Jim Best   Nature Geoscience

A potpourri of microplastics in the sea surface and water column of the Mediterranean Sea

(2018) Alessandra Cincinelli et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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

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

(2017) Weiwei Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea

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

Nanoplastic in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2017) Alexandra Ter Halle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Ups and Downs in the Ocean: Effects of Biofouling on Vertical Transport of Microplastics

(2017) Merel Kooi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

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

The Deposition and Accumulation of Microplastics in Marine Sediments and Bottom Water from the Irish Continental Shelf

(2017) Jake Martin et al.   Scientific Reports

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

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

Microplastics as vectors for bioaccumulation of hydrophobic organic chemicals in the marine environment: A state-of-the-science review

(2016) Linda M. Ziccardi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Qualitative impact of salinity, UV radiation and turbulence on leaching of organic plastic additives from four common plastics — A lab experiment

(2016) Tim Jesper Suhrhoff et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

On some physical and dynamical properties of microplastic particles in marine environment

(2016) I. Chubarenko et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

The effect of particle properties on the depth profile of buoyant plastics in the ocean

(2016) Merel Kooi et al.   Scientific Reports

The discharge of certain amounts of industrial microplastic from a production plant into the River Danube is permitted by the Austrian legislation

(2015) Aaron Lechner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Pollutants bioavailability and toxicological risk from microplastics to marine mussels

(2015) Carlo Giacomo Avio et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Potential Health Impact of Environmentally Released Micro- and Nanoplastics in the Human Food Production Chain: Experiences from Nanotoxicology

(2015) Hans Bouwmeester et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

Environmental flow assessment for improvement of ecological integrity in the Haihe River Basin, China

(2014) Tao Yang et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Distribution patterns of microplastics within the plankton of a tropical estuary

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

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

(2014) Lance T. Yonkos 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

A new analytical approach for monitoring microplastics in marine sediments

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

Plastic in the Thames: A river runs through it

(2013) David Morritt et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Policy: Classify plastic waste as hazardous

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   NATURE

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

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

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN