Significance of interactions between microplastics and POPs in the marine environment: A critical overview
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If sorbed chemicals are in equilibrium with surrounding seawater, the risk of sorbed chemicals for ocean life is considered relatively low, but toxicity might become relevant under some exposure conditions.
“If these are in equilibrium with the surrounding seawater, the risk of sorbed chemicals for ocean life is considered relatively low, but toxicity might become relevant under some exposure conditions. [23][24]][25][26][27]”
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- Authors
- Rodrigues, J. P., Duarte, A. C., Santos-Echeandía, J., & Rocha-Santos, T.
- Affiliations
- University of Aveiro (PT)
- Instituto Español de Oceanografía (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Rodrigues, Joana Patrício
- Venue
- TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-02
- Volume
- 111
- Pages
- 252-260
- ISSN
- 0165-9936 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2906050845
- Cited by
- 491
- References
- 58
- Citations by year
- 2026: 33 · 2025: 65 · 2024: 74 · 2023: 97 · 2022: 83 · 2021: 74 · 2020: 53 · 2019: 12
- FWCI
- 12.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
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- Locations
- TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry (publishedVersion)
- Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- FCT/MEC (PIDDAC) (IF/00407/2013/CP1162/CT0023)
- CESAM (UID/AMB/50017)
- FEDER
- Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) (PD/BD/143086/2018)
- European Social Fund
- MEC
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
- Keywords
- microplastics, persistent organic pollutants, marine environment, contaminant sorption, polymer properties, environmental variables, marine pollution, bioaccumulation
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