Microplastics concentration in bivalve of economic importance, a case study on the southeastern Brazilian coast

Effects of environmentally relevant levels of polyethylene microplastic on Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mollusca: Bivalvia): filtration rate and oxidative stress

(2021) Sami Abidli et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Microplastic ingestion and feeding ecology in three intertidal mollusk species from Lima, Peru

(2021) Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre et al.   REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA MARINA Y OCEANOGRAFIA

Quantitative and qualitative determination of microplastics in oyster, seawater and sediment from the coastal areas in Zhuhai, China

(2021) Duojia Wang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Use of the Zebra Mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Mollusca, Bivalvia) as a Bioindicator of Microplastics Pollution in Freshwater Ecosystems: A Case Study from Lake Iseo (North Italy)

(2021) Paolo Pastorino et al.   Water

Impact of Microplastics and Nanoplastics on Human Health

(2021) Maxine Swee-Li Yee et al.   Nanomaterials

Considerations on salts used for density separation in the extraction of microplastics from sediments

(2021) Laura Cutroneo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Wave-driven sediment mobility on the Eastern Brazilian shelf under different weather systems

(2021) Kyssyanne Samihra Santos Oliveira et al.   GEO-MARINE LETTERS

Plastic ingestion as an evolutionary trap: Toward a holistic understanding

(2021) Robson G. Santos et al.   SCIENCE

Highlights from a review of microplastics in marine sediments

(2021) Nam Ngoc Phuong et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic particles in the aquatic environment: A systematic review

(2021) Mohammad Boshir Ahmed et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in soil: A review on methods, occurrence, sources, and potential risk

(2021) Ling Yang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Concentration of microplastics in bivalves of the environment: a systematic review

(2021) Fabio Cavalca Bom et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Occurrence and distribution of microplastics in surface water and sediments in China's inland water systems: A critical review

(2021) Jianxin Fan et al.   Journal of Cleaner Production

Microplastic contamination in Indian edible mussels (Perna perna and Perna viridis) and their environs

(2021) Jamila Patterson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in Mussels Along the Coast of Cape Town, South Africa

(2020) Conrad Sparks   BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

EXPRESS: Is It or Isn’t It: The Importance of Visual Classification in Microplastic Characterization

(2020) Amy Lusher et al.   APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY

Bioaccumulation of microplastics and its in vivo interactions with trace metals in edible oysters

(2020) Xiaotong Zhu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Quantification of microplastics using Nile Red in two bivalve species Perna viridis and Meretrix meretrix from three estuaries in Pondicherry, India and microplastic uptake by local communities through bivalve diet

(2020) Kaushik Dowarah et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Do different habits affect microplastics contents in organisms? A trait-based analysis on salt marsh species

(2020) Stefania Piarulli et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, USA: Occurrence and biological uptake

(2020) Austin K. Baldwin et al.   PLoS One

Low incidence of microplastic contaminants in Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas Thunberg) from the Salish Sea, USA

(2020) Julieta C. Martinelli et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

EXPRESS: Sampling and QA/QC: A Guide for Scientists Investigating the Occurrence of Microplastics Across Matrices

(2020) Susanne M Brander et al.   APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY

Rainfall is a significant environmental factor of microplastic pollution in inland waters

(2020) Wulai Xia et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in edible mussels from a southern Mediterranean lagoon: Preliminary results on seawater-mussel transfer and implications for environmental protection and seafood safety

(2020) Takwa Wakkaf et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Storm events as key moments of microplastic contamination in aquatic ecosystems

(2020) James N. Hitchcock   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Stuffed with microplastics: Microplastic occurrence in traditional stuffed mussels sold in the Turkish market

(2020) Sedat Gündoğdu et al.   Food Bioscience

Nationwide monitoring of microplastics in bivalves from the coastal environment of Korea

(2020) Youna Cho et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics and other anthropogenic particles are prevalent in mussels from San Francisco Bay, and show no correlation with PAHs

(2020) Natasha Klasios et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in seafood as an emerging threat to marine environment: A case study in Goa, west coast of India

(2020) Mahua Saha et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Recommended best practices for collecting, analyzing, and reporting microplastics in environmental media: Lessons learned from comprehensive monitoring of San Francisco Bay

(2020) Ezra Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Response of sediment-dwelling bivalves to microplastics and its potential implications for benthic processes

(2020) Barbara Urban-Malinga et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics and attached microorganisms in sediments of the Vitória bay estuarine system in SE Brazil

(2019) José Antonio Baptista Neto et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Depuration reduces microplastic content in wild and farmed mussels

(2019) Stéphanie Birnstiel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Organic contamination of beached plastic pellets in the South Atlantic: Risk assessments can benefit by considering spatial gradients

(2019) Daniel Gorman et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastics in commercial molluscs from the lagoon of Bizerte (Northern Tunisia)

(2019) Sami Abidli et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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 contamination and pollutant levels in mussels and cockles collected along the channel coasts

(2019) Ludovic Hermabessiere et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Human Consumption of Microplastics

(2019) Kieran D. Cox et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Selective Ingestion and Egestion of Plastic Particles by the Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis) and Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica): Implications for Using Bivalves as Bioindicators of Microplastic Pollution

(2019) J. Evan Ward et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Typhoons increase the abundance of microplastics in the marine environment and cultured organisms: A case study in Sanggou Bay, China

(2019) Jun Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in bivalves and their habitat in relation to shellfish aquaculture proximity in coastal British Columbia, Canada

(2019) GA Covernton et al.   Aquaculture Environment Interactions

Particle characteristics of microplastics contaminating the mussel Mytilus edulis and their surrounding environments

(2019) Nicholas Scott et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sources of microplastics pollution in the marine environment: Importance of wastewater treatment plant and coastal landfill

(2019) Maria Kazour et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Comparison of microplastic contamination in fish and bivalves from two major cities in Fujian province, China and the implications for human health

(2019) Chao Fang et al.   AQUACULTURE

Is blue mussel caging an efficient method for monitoring environmental microplastics pollution?

(2019) Maria Kazour et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Profiling microplastics in the Indian edible oyster, Magallana bilineata collected from the Tuticorin coast, Gulf of Mannar, Southeastern India

(2019) Jamila Patterson et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Interrelationship of microplastic pollution in sediments and oysters in a seaport environment of the eastern coast of Australia

(2019) Sayka Jahan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics pollution along the Lebanese coast (Eastern Mediterranean Basin): Occurrence in surface water, sediments and biota samples

(2019) Maria Kazour 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

Research landscape of a global environmental challenge: Microplastics

(2019) Doris Klingelhöfer et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Continuous Exposure to Microplastics Does Not Cause Physiological Effects in the Cultivated Mussel Perna perna

(2018) Marina F. M. Santana et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

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

(2018) Lei Su et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Low levels of microplastics (MP) in wild mussels indicate that MP ingestion by humans is minimal compared to exposure via household fibres fallout during a meal

(2018) Ana I. Catarino et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in oysters Saccostrea cucullata along the Pearl River Estuary, China

(2018) Heng-Xiang Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in mussels sampled from coastal waters and supermarkets in the United Kingdom

(2018) Jiana Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Factors influencing the microplastic contamination of bivalves from the French Atlantic coast: Location, season and/or mode of life?

(2018) Nam Ngoc Phuong et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Synthetic microfibers in the marine environment: A review on their occurrence in seawater and sediments

(2018) J. Gago et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic contents from maricultured and natural mussels

(2018) Monia Renzi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Evaluation of uptake and chronic toxicity of virgin polystyrene microbeads in freshwater zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

(2018) Stefano Magni et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Adherence of microplastics to soft tissue of mussels: A novel way to uptake microplastics beyond ingestion

(2018) Prabhu Kolandhasamy et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Assessing the relationship between the abundance and properties of microplastics in water and in mussels

(2018) Xiaoyun Qu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Field-Based Evidence for Microplastic in Marine Aggregates and Mussels: Implications for Trophic Transfer

(2018) Shiye Zhao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Using mussel as a global bioindicator of coastal microplastic pollution

(2018) Jiana Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics: Finding a consensus on the definition

(2018) J.P.G.L. Frias et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Treatment characteristics of microplastics at biological sewage treatment facilities in Korea

(2018) Hyesung Lee et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Collateral effects of microplastic pollution on aquatic microorganisms: An ecological perspective

(2018) Maria Arias-Andres et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

High levels of microplastic pollution in the sediments and benthic organisms of the South Yellow Sea, China

(2018) Jun Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

An assessment of the ability to ingest and excrete microplastics by filter-feeders: A case study with the Mediterranean mussel

(2018) Cátia Gonçalves et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

Quantification and characterization of microplastics in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis): protocol setup and preliminary data on the contamination of the French Atlantic coast

(2017) Nam Ngoc Phuong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Blue mussels ( Mytilus edulis spp.) as sentinel organisms in coastal pollution monitoring: A review

(2017) Jonny Beyer et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Plastics and microplastics in the oceans: From emerging pollutants to emerged threat

(2017) Carlo Giacomo Avio et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

The use of potassium hydroxide (KOH) solution as a suitable approach to isolate plastics ingested by marine organisms

(2017) Susanne Kühn et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Sources and dispersive modes of micro-fibers in the environment

(2017) Steve A Carr   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Microplastic Ingestion by Wild and Cultured Manila Clams (Venerupis philippinarum) from Baynes Sound, British Columbia

(2016) Katie Davidson et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Microplastics in mussels along the coastal waters of China

(2016) Jiana Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in seafood: Benchmark protocol for their extraction and characterization

(2016) Alexandre Dehaut et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Towards the suitable monitoring of ingestion of microplastics by marine biota: A review

(2016) Charlotte Wesch et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in Taihu Lake, China

(2016) Lei Su et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The behaviors of microplastics in the marine environment

(2016) Jundong Wang et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Microplastic contamination in natural mussel beds from a Brazilian urbanized coastal region: Rapid evaluation through bioassessment

(2016) M.F.M. Santana et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A critical view on microplastic quantification in aquatic organisms

(2015) Griet Vandermeersch et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

(2015) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Evaluation of metals and hydrocarbons in sediments from a tropical tidal flat estuary of Southern Brazil

(2015) Eduardo S. Costa et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Linking environmental heavy metal concentrations and salinity gradients with metal accumulation and their effects: A case study in 3 mussel species of Vitória estuary and Espírito Santo bay, Southeast Brazil

(2015) Vikas Kumar et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

Modern sedimentation processes in a wave-dominated coastal embayment: Espírito Santo Bay, southeast Brazil

(2014) Alex Cardoso Bastos et al.   GEO-MARINE LETTERS

Quality assessment of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis): Comparison between commercial and wild types

(2014) B. De Witte et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic fibers in the intertidal ecosystem surrounding Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia

(2014) Alysse Mathalon et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Evaluation of the influence of urbanization processes using mangrove and fecal markers in recent organic matter in a tropical tidal flat estuary

(2013) C.F. Grilo et al.   APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY

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

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

Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

(2011) Mark Anthony Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sedimentation processes and beach morphodynamics active at the Doce River mouth, Espírito Santo State, Brazil

(2010) Jacqueline Albino et al.   ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS