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A review of analytical techniques for quantifying microplastics in sediments

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Dispersion, Accumulation, and the Ultimate Fate of Microplastics in Deep-Marine Environments: A Review and Future Directions

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Removal characteristics of microplastics by Fe-based coagulants during drinking water treatment

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Micro- (nano) plastics in freshwater ecosystems: Abundance, toxicological impact and quantification methodology

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Effects of Particle Properties on the Settling and Rise Velocities of Microplastics in Freshwater under Laboratory Conditions

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Microplastics play a minor role in tetracycline sorption in the presence of dissolved organic matter

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Worldwide distribution and abundance of microplastic: How dire is the situation?

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Distribution and characterization of microplastics in beach sand from three different Indian coastal environments

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Feeding type and development drive the ingestion of microplastics by freshwater invertebrates

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Microplastics in the environment: Interactions with microbes and chemical contaminants

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

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Occurrence of microplastics in landfill systems and their fate with landfill age

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Microplastics Are Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Freshwater Environments: An Overview

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Comparative assessment of microplastics in water and sediment of a large European river

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Urbanization is a major influence on microplastic ingestion by sunfish in the Brazos River Basin, Central Texas, USA

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Sorption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products to polyethylene debris

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The abundance and characteristics of microplastics in surface water in the transboundary Ganges River

Napper, I. E., Baroth, A., Barrett, A. C., Bhola, S., Chowdhury, G. W., Davies, B. F. R., Duncan, E. M., Kumar, S., Nelms, S. E., Niloy, M. N. H., et al. (2021) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116348 · Cited by 405 · see citing works

Microplastics in freshwater: A global review of factors affecting spatial and temporal variations

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Emissions of microplastic fibers from microfiber fleece during domestic washing

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Underestimated Microplastic Pollution Derived from Fishery Activities and “Hidden” in Deep Sediment

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Occurrence of microplastics in the beach sand of the Chinese inner sea: the Bohai Sea

Yu, X., Peng, J., Wang, J., Wang, K., & Bao, S. (2016) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2016.04.080 · Cited by 384 · see citing works

Abundance, Distribution, and Drivers of Microplastic Contamination in Urban River Environments

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Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of Italian Subalpine Lakes

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Microplastics and their possible sources: The example of Ofanto river in southeast Italy

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First evidence of microplastic contamination in the supraglacial debris of an alpine glacier

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The first report on the source-to-sink characterization of microplastic pollution from a riverine environment in tropical India

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Effects of polyethylene microplastics on the gut microbial community, reproduction and avoidance behaviors of the soil springtail, Folsomia candida

Ju, H., Zhu, D., & Qiao, M. (2019) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.097 · Cited by 357 · see citing works

Microplastic pollution in water and sediment in a textile industrial area

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Microplastic Effect Thresholds for Freshwater Benthic Macroinvertebrates

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Aging of microplastics increases their adsorption affinity towards organic contaminants

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Is incineration the terminator of plastics and microplastics?

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Microplastic contamination in freshwater sediments of the Rhine river system

Abebe, T., Worku, G., & Gebre, S. (2025) · International Journal of Geography Geology and Environment · doi:10.22271/27067483.2025.v7.i1b.542

Microplastic Pollution in Benthic Midstream Sediments of the Rhine River

Mani, T., Primpke, S., Lorenz, C., Gerdts, G., & Burkhardt‐Holm, P. (2019) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b01363 · Cited by 240 · see citing works

Microplastics in Freshwater Systems: Analysis, Occurrence, and Sorption of Organic Contaminants

Klein, S. M. (2015) · Qucosa (Saxon State and University Library Dresden) · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Microplastics in sediments of the river Rhine—A workflow for preparation and analysis of sediment samples from aquatic river systems for monitoring purposes

Wiesner, Y., Hoffmann, T., Range, D., & Altmann, K. (2023) · Applied Research · doi:10.1002/appl.202200125 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Abundance and distribution of microplastics in water and sediments of the river Elbe, Germany

Stock, F., Weber, A., Scherer, C., Kochleus, C., Dierkes, G., Wagner, M., Brennholt, N., & Reifferscheid, G. (2020) · doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-8051 · Cited by 1 · see citing works