Transport mechanisms and fate of microplastics in estuarine compartments: A review

Behavior of Microplastics in Inland Waters: Aggregation, Settlement, and Transport

(2021) Mengqi Yan et al.   BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

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

Spatial and temporal distribution of microplastic in surface water of tropical estuary: Case study in Benoa Bay, Bali, Indonesia

(2021) Yulianto Suteja et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Meso- and microplastics monitoring in harbour environments: A case study for the Port of Durban, South Africa

(2021) Fiona Preston-Whyte et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Abundance and distribution of microplastics in the sediments of the estuary of seventeen rivers: Caspian southern coasts

(2021) Mehdi Ghayebzadeh et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics contamination in the surface water of the Yangtze River from upstream to estuary based on different sampling methods

(2021) Da He et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Modelling the distribution of microplastics released by wastewater treatment plants in Ria de Vigo (NW Iberian Peninsula)

(2021) Magda C. Sousa et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Quantification and composition of microplastics in the Raritan Hudson Estuary: Comparison to pathways of entry and implications for fate

(2021) Kendi Bailey et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Seasonal evidences of microplastics in environmental matrices of a tourist dominated urban estuary in Gulf of Mexico, Mexico

(2021) Lirio Jazmín Sánchez-Hernández et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

The fate of plastic litter within estuarine compartments: An overview of current knowledge for the transboundary issue to guide future assessments

(2021) L.M. Pinheiro et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution of worldwide lakes

(2021) Julia Dusaucy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of biofilm colonization on the sinking of microplastics in three freshwater environments

(2021) Lingzhan Miao et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

A fresh look at microplastics and other particles in the tropical coastal ecosystems of Tamandaré, Brazil

(2021) Nathália Lins-Silva et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Temporal patterns in the abundance, type and composition of microplastics on the coast of the Río de la Plata estuary

(2021) Rocío S. Pazos et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Spatiotemporal variations of surface water microplastics near Kyushu, Japan: A quali-quantitative analysis

(2021) Tsunefumi Kobayashi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Unravelling spatio-temporal patterns of suspended microplastic concentration in the Natura 2000 Guadalquivir estuary (SW Spain): Observations and model simulations

(2021) María Bermúdez et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Characterization and distribution of microplastics in estuarine surface sediments, Kayamkulam estuary, southwest coast of India

(2021) K. Radhakrishnan et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

(2021) A.D. Forero-López et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Microplastics in a Coastal Region of the Pearl River Estuary, China

(2021) Siyang Li et al.   Water

Vertical microplastic distribution in sediments of Fuhe River estuary to Baiyangdian Wetland in Northern China

(2021) Zeyan Zhou et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

A framework for the assessment of marine litter impacts in life cycle impact assessment

(2021) John S. Woods et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Microplastics in surface water and sediments of Chongming Island in the Yangtze Estuary, China

(2020) Yubo Li et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

Observations and idealized modelling of microplastic transport in estuaries: The exemplary case of an upwelling system (Ría de Vigo, NW Spain)

(2020) Manuel Díez-Minguito et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY

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

Microplastics in sediments from an interconnected river-estuary region

(2020) Qiujin Xu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Can Water Constituents Be Used as Proxy to Map Microplastic Dispersal Within Transitional and Coastal Waters?

(2020) Sarah Piehl et al.   Frontiers in Environmental Science

Rainfall and Tidal Cycle Regulate Seasonal Inputs of Microplastic Pellets to Sandy Beaches

(2020) Danilo Balthazar-Silva et al.   Frontiers in Environmental Science

Spatial variation of floatable plastic debris and microplastics in the Pearl River Estuary, South China

(2020) Theresa Wing Ling Lam et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Identification of tidal trapping of microplastics in a temperate salt marsh system using sea surface microlayer sampling

(2020) Jessica L. Stead et al.   Scientific Reports

Predicting the Dispersal and Accumulation of Microplastic Pellets Within the Estuarine and Coastal Waters of South-Eastern Brazil Using Integrated Rainfall Data and Lagrangian Particle Tracking Models

(2020) Daniel Gorman et al.   Frontiers in Environmental Science

Microplastic pollution and ecological risk assessment in an estuarine environment: The Dongshan Bay of China

(2020) Zhong Pan et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

A review of microplastics aggregation in aquatic environment: Influence factors, analytical methods, and environmental implications

(2020) Xinjie Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

A Unifying Approach to Subtidal Salt Intrusion Modeling in Tidal Estuaries

(2020) Yoeri M. Dijkstra et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Microplastics pollution in mangrove ecosystems: A critical review of current knowledge and future directions

(2020) Hui Deng et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

From source to sink: Review and prospects of microplastics in wetland ecosystems

(2020) Jin Qian et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Influence of oceanographic and meteorological events on the quantity and quality of marine debris along an estuarine gradient

(2019) Allan Paul Krelling et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence of tire wear particles and other microplastics within the tributaries of the Charleston Harbor Estuary, South Carolina, USA

(2019) Rachel R. Leads 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

Biofilm facilitates metal accumulation onto microplastics in estuarine waters

(2019) Heather Richard et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Variation in microplastics composition at small spatial and temporal scales in a tidal flat of the Yangtze Estuary, China

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

Co-effects of biofouling and inorganic matters increased the density of environmental microplastics in the sediments of Bohai Bay coast

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

Observations and Simulations of Microplastic Debris in a Tide, Wind, and Freshwater-Driven Estuarine Environment: the Delaware Bay

(2019) Jonathan H. Cohen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in Tampa Bay, Florida: Abundance and variability in estuarine waters and sediments

(2019) Kinsley McEachern 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

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

Microplastics in the surface water of small-scale estuaries in Shanghai

(2019) Jiaxu Zhang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic pollution in the sediment of Jagir Estuary, Surabaya City, Indonesia

(2019) Muhammad Firdaus et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic in two South Carolina Estuaries: Occurrence, distribution, and composition

(2018) Austin D. Gray et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A rapid method for assessing the accumulation of microplastics in the sea surface microlayer (SML) of estuarine systems

(2018) Zachary T. Anderson et al.   Scientific Reports

Occurrence of microplastics in the water column and sediment in an inland sea affected by intensive anthropogenic activities

(2018) Zhenfei Dai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

Characterizing export of land-based microplastics to the estuary - Part II: Sensitivity analysis of an integrated geospatial microplastic transport modeling assessment of tire and road wear particles

(2018) K.M. Unice et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Characterizing export of land-based microplastics to the estuary - Part I: Application of integrated geospatial microplastic transport models to assess tire and road wear particles in the Seine watershed

(2018) K.M. Unice et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Distribution, sources and consequences of nutrients, persistent organic pollutants, metals and microplastics in South American estuaries

(2018) Mário Barletta et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

(2018) Wenya Luo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic abundance, distribution and composition in the Pearl River along Guangzhou city and Pearl River estuary, China

(2018) Muting Yan et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastic contamination in an urban estuary: Abundance and distribution of microplastics and fish larvae in the Douro estuary

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

Plastic and other microfibers in sediments, macroinvertebrates and shorebirds from three intertidal wetlands of southern Europe and west Africa

(2017) Pedro M. Lourenço 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

Influence of environmental and anthropogenic factors on the composition, concentration and spatial distribution of microplastics: A case study of the Bay of Brest (Brittany, France)

(2017) L. Frère et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of biofouling on the sinking behavior of microplastics

(2017) David Kaiser et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea

(2017) Christian Schmidt 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

Transport of microplastics in coastal seas

(2017) Hua Zhang   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Transboundary movement of marine litter in an estuarine gradient: Evaluating sources and sinks using hydrodynamic modelling and ground truthing estimates

(2017) Allan Paul Krelling et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

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

Modelling accumulation of marine plastics in the coastal zone; what are the dominant physical processes?

(2016) Kay Critchell et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Sources and sinks of plastic debris in estuaries: A conceptual model integrating biological, physical and chemical distribution mechanisms

(2016) Peter Vermeiren et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

(2016) Anthony Gallagher et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Seasonal variation in the abundance of marine plastic debris in the estuary of a subtropical macro-scale drainage basin in South China

(2016) Pui Kwan Cheung et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic in three urban estuaries, China

(2015) Shiye Zhao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

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

Marine debris in a World Heritage Listed Brazilian estuary

(2015) Fernanda E. Possatto et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic pollution in five urban estuaries of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

(2015) Trishan Naidoo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Hong Kong at the Pearl River Estuary: A hotspot of microplastic pollution

(2015) Lincoln Fok 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

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

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

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

Suspended microplastics in the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary System, China: First observations on occurrence, distribution

(2014) Shiye Zhao et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Spatial Patterns of Plastic Debris along Estuarine Shorelines

(2010) Mark A. Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY