A systematic review of the literature on plastic pollution in the Laurentian Great Lakes and its effects on freshwater biota
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Freshwater bodies are relevant to microplastic pollution owing to their proximity to sources such as wastewater treatment plants, landfills, and litter.
“studies suggest that freshwater bodies are relevant owing to their proximity to sources of plastic pollution, such as wastewater treatment plants, landfills, and litter.13,14”
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“13,14 Freshwater bodies are important vectors of microplastic movement thought to be involved in transporting the majority of plastic that ends up in marine environments, meaning that freshwater fi sh may be exposed to and consume comparable levels of microplastics compared with marine fi sh.…”
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- Authors
- Earn, A., Bucci, K., & Rochman, C. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Rochman, Chelsea M.
- Venue
- Journal of Great Lakes Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-02
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 120-133
- ISSN
- 0380-1330 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3107687046
- Cited by
- 75
- References
- 75
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 0.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Great Lakes Research (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Keywords
- plastic pollution, Great Lakes, microplastics, macroplastics, freshwater organisms, benthic sediments, citizen science, particle size and shape, freshwater ecosystems
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