A case study investigating temporal factors that influence microplastic concentration in streams under different treatment regimes

Microplastic sampling with the AVANI trawl compared to two neuston trawls in the Bay of Bengal and South Pacific

(2018) Marcus Eriksen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Virgin microplastics are not causing imminent harm to fish after dietary exposure

(2018) Boris Jovanović et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Effects of microplastic exposure on the body condition and behaviour of planktivorous reef fish (Acanthochromis polyacanthus)

(2018) Kay Critchell et al.   PLoS One

A meta-analysis of the effects of exposure to microplastics on fish and aquatic invertebrates

(2018) Carolyn J. Foley 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

Are We Underestimating Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments?

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

Microplastic ingestion in fish larvae in the western English Channel

(2017) Madeleine Steer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea

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

Risks of Plastic Debris: Unravelling Fact, Opinion, Perception, and Belief

(2017) Albert A. Koelmans et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic abundance, distribution and composition along a latitudinal gradient in the Atlantic Ocean

(2017) La Daana K. Kanhai et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Abundance and composition of near surface microplastics and plastic debris in the Stockholm Archipelago, Baltic Sea

(2017) Berit Gewert et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

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

Microplastic transport in soil by earthworms

(2017) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   Scientific Reports

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

(2016) Shirin Estahbanati et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastic pollution is widely detected in US municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent

(2016) Sherri A. Mason et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastic Debris in 29 Great Lakes Tributaries: Relations to Watershed Attributes and Hydrology

(2016) Austin K. Baldwin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Nitrate Dynamics in Two Streams Impacted by Wastewater Treatment Plant Discharge: Point Sources or Sinks?

(2016) Brian G. Rahm et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION

Wastewater treatment plant effluent as a source of microplastics: review of the fate, chemical interactions and potential risks to aquatic organisms

(2016) S. Ziajahromi et al.   WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic in surface waters of urban rivers: concentration, sources, and associated bacterial assemblages

(2016) Amanda R. McCormick et al.   Ecosphere

Plastic pollution in Swiss surface waters: nature and concentrations, interaction with pollutants

(2015) Florian Faure et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Microplastic contamination in an urban area: a case study in Greater Paris

(2015) Rachid Dris et al.   Environmental Chemistry

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

A critical view on microplastic quantification in aquatic organisms

(2015) Griet Vandermeersch et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Abundance, size and polymer composition of marine microplastics ≥ 10 μm in the Atlantic Ocean and their modelled vertical distribution

(2015) Kristina Enders et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A comparison of microscopic and spectroscopic identification methods for analysis of microplastics in environmental samples

(2015) Young Kyoung Song et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A critical assessment of visual identification of marine microplastic using Raman spectroscopy for analysis improvement

(2015) Robin Lenz et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics profile along the Rhine River

(2015) Thomas Mani et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastic is an Abundant and Distinct Microbial Habitat in an Urban River

(2014) Amanda McCormick et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

Widespread distribution of microplastics in subsurface seawater in the NE Pacific Ocean

(2014) Jean-Pierre W. Desforges et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

(2013) Outi Setälä et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Polystyrene Plastic: A Source and Sink for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Marine Environment

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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 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

Diurnal Variability of Pharmaceutical, Personal Care Product, Estrogen and Alkylphenol Concentrations in Effluent from a Tertiary Wastewater Treatment Facility

(2010) Eric D. Nelson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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