The estuarine plastics budget: A conceptual model and meta-analysis of microplastic abundance in estuarine systems

Distribution of microplastics in soil and freshwater environments: Global analysis and framework for transport modeling

(2021) Vera S. Koutnik et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Flocculation of PVC Microplastic and Fine-Grained Cohesive Sediment at Environmentally Realistic Concentrations

(2021) Thorbjoern Joest Andersen et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Weathering Plastics as a Planetary Boundary Threat: Exposure, Fate, and Hazards

(2021) Hans Peter H. Arp et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

A baseline for microplastic particle occurrence and distribution in Great Bay Estuary

(2021) Matthew L.H. Cheng et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The missing ocean plastic sink: Gone with the rivers

(2021) Lisa Weiss et al.   SCIENCE

Effect of Physical Characteristics and Hydrodynamic Conditions on Transport and Deposition of Microplastics in Riverine Ecosystem

(2021) Rakesh Kumar et al.   Water

Distribution, abundance, and diversity of microplastics in the upper St. Lawrence River

(2020) Alex Crew et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Tyre wear particles: an abundant yet widely unreported microplastic?

(2020) Lydia J. Knight et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

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

Microplastic fluxes in a large and a small Mediterranean river catchments: The Têt and the Rhône, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

(2020) Mel Constant et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Riverine anthropogenic litter load to the Mediterranean Sea near the metropolitan area of Barcelona, Spain

(2020) Gabriella F. Schirinzi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Spatial distribution of microplastic in the surface waters along the coast of Korea

(2020) Oh Youn Kwon et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics and other anthropogenic particles in the surface waters of the Chesapeake Bay

(2020) J. Bikker et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Distribution of microplastics in Surabaya River, Indonesia

(2020) Prieskarinda Lestari et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in mangrove sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, South China: Correlation with halogenated flame retardants' levels

(2020) Linzi Zuo et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Species-specific plastic accumulation in the sediment and canopy of coastal vegetated habitats

(2020) Lorenzo Cozzolino et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics and accumulated heavy metals in restored mangrove wetland surface sediments at Jinjiang Estuary (Fujian, China)

(2020) Jun Deng et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The fate of microplastic in marine sedimentary environments: A review and synthesis

(2020) Peter T. Harris   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

Towards Characterising Microplastic Abundance, Typology and Retention in Mangrove-Dominated Estuaries

(2020) Joelene Govender et al.   Water

Significance of Hyporheic Exchange for Predicting Microplastic Fate in Rivers

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

Microplastic retention by marine vegetated canopies: Simulations with seagrass meadows in a hydraulic flume

(2020) Carmen B. de los Santos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Mangrove forests as traps for marine litter

(2019) Cecilia Martin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

Rethinking microplastics as a diverse contaminant suite

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

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

The Effect of Microplastic Ingestion on the Survival of the Grass Shrimp Palaemonetes pugio (Holthuis, 1949) Challenged with Vibrio campbellii

(2019) Rachel R. Leads et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Assessing the risk of marine litter accumulation in estuarine habitats

(2019) Inés Mazarrasa et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Modelling global river export of microplastics to the marine environment: Sources and future trends

(2019) Jikke van Wijnen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

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

Analysis of suspended microplastics in the Changjiang Estuary: Implications for riverine plastic load to the ocean

(2019) Shiye Zhao et al.   WATER RESEARCH

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

(2019) Soeun Eo et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Neurotoxicity, Behavior, and Lethal Effects of Cadmium, Microplastics, and Their Mixtures on Pomatoschistus microps Juveniles from Two Wild Populations Exposed under Laboratory Conditions―Implications to Environmental and Human Risk Assessment

(2019) Tiago Miranda et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Airborne microplastics: a review study on method for analysis, occurrence, movement and risks

(2019) Christian Ebere Enyoh et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Seagrass beds acting as a trap of microplastics - Emerging hotspot in the coastal region?

(2019) Yuzhou Huang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Floc sizes and resuspension rates from fresh deposits: Influences of suspended sediment concentration, turbulence, and deposition time

(2019) Duc Tran et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

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

Wetland soil microplastics are negatively related to vegetation cover and stem density

(2019) Ryan Helcoski et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Micro- and macroplastic accumulation in a newly formed Spartina alterniflora colonized estuarine saltmarsh in southeast China

(2019) Weimin Yao et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

(2019) Muhammad Firdaus et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A close relationship between microplastic contamination and coastal area use pattern

(2019) Mi Jang et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Sediment Trapping in Estuaries

(2018) Hans Burchard et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Comparisons of microplastic pollution between mudflats and sandy beaches in Hong Kong

(2018) Hoi-Shing Lo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

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

Microplastic risk assessment in surface waters: A case study in the Changjiang Estuary, China

(2018) Pei Xu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence of microplastics in commercial fish from a natural estuarine environment

(2018) Filipa Bessa et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Suspended microplastics in a highly polluted bay: Abundance, size, and availability for mesozooplankton

(2018) Gisela M. Figueiredo 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

Spatio-temporal comparison of neustonic microplastic density in Hong Kong waters under the influence of the Pearl River Estuary

(2018) Pui Kwan Cheung et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

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

Assessment of the sources and inflow processes of microplastics in the river environments of Japan

(2018) Tomoya Kataoka et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

Colour and size influences plastic microbead underestimation, regardless of sediment grain size

(2018) Holly A. Nel 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

Are We Underestimating Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments?

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

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

Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea

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

Transport of microplastics in coastal seas

(2017) Hua Zhang   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Settling velocity of microplastic particles of regular shapes

(2017) Liliya Khatmullina et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Widespread microplastic ingestion by fish assemblages in tropical estuaries subjected to anthropogenic pressures

(2017) A.L. Vendel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Amberstripe scad Decapterus muroadsi (Carangidae) fish ingest blue microplastics resembling their copepod prey along the coast of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the South Pacific subtropical gyre

(2017) Nicolas Christian Ory et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Export of microplastics from land to sea. A modelling approach

(2017) Max Siegfried et al.   WATER RESEARCH

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

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

Differentiating littering, urban runoff and marine transport as sources of marine debris in coastal and estuarine environments

(2017) Kathryn Willis et al.   Scientific Reports

From macroplastic to microplastic: Degradation of high-density polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene in a salt marsh habitat

(2016) John E. Weinstein et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Considerations on the effects of tidal regimes in the movement of floating litter in an estuarine environment: Case study of the estuarine system of Santos-São Vicente, Brazil

(2016) Gerson Fernandino et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic contamination in the San Francisco Bay, California, USA

(2016) Rebecca Sutton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in beach sediments: Insights into microplastic accumulation in northern Gulf of Mexico estuaries

(2016) Caitlin C. Wessel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic pollution of the beaches of Guanabara Bay, Southeast Brazil

(2016) Diego Gomes de Carvalho et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transport of persistent organic pollutants by microplastics in estuarine conditions

(2014) Adil Bakir et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

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

The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

(2013) Stephanie L. Wright 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

Relationships among the abundances of plastic debris in different size classes on beaches in South Korea

(2013) Jongmyoung Lee et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic debris retention and exportation by a mangrove forest patch

(2013) Juliana A. Ivar do Sul et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Spatial Patterns of Plastic Debris along Estuarine Shorelines

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

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

(2009) David Moher et al.   PLOS MEDICINE