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

Lost at sea: where is all the plastic?

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Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

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Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

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The Physical Impacts of Microplastics on Marine Organisms: A Review

Wright, S. L., Thompson, R. C., & Galloway, T. S. (2013) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2013.02.031 · Cited by 4,524

The pollution of the marine environment by plastic debris: a review.

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Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

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Ingested Microscopic Plastic Translocates to the Circulatory System of the Mussel, Mytilus edulis (L.)

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Synthetic fibers in atmospheric fallout: A source of microplastics in the environment?

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Uptake and Accumulation of Polystyrene Microplastics in Zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) and Toxic Effects in Liver

Lu, Y., Zhang, Y., Deng, Y., Jiang, W., Zhao, Y., Geng, J., Ding, L., & Ren, H. (2016) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b00183 · Cited by 2,125

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

Eriksen, M., Mason, S., Wilson, S., Box, C., Zellers, A., Edwards, W., Farley, H., & Amato, S. (2013) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.10.007 · Cited by 1,937

Effects of microplastics in freshwater fishes health and the implications for human health

Khan, M. L., Hassan, H. U., Khan, F. U., Ghaffar, R. A., Rafiq, N., Bilal, M., Khooharo, A. R., Ullah, S., Jafari, H., Nadeem, K., et al. (2023) · Brazilian Journal of Biology · doi:10.1590/1519-6984.272524 · Cited by 49

Quantifying health risks of plastisphere antibiotic resistome and deciphering driving mechanisms in an urbanizing watershed

Zhu, L., Li, R., Yang, K., Xu, F., Lin, C., Chen, Q., Zhu, D., Sun, Q., Zhu, Y., & Li, C. (2023) · Water Research · doi:10.1016/j.watres.2023.120574 · Cited by 44

Tracking Microplastics Across the Streambed Interface: Using Laser‐Induced‐Fluorescence to Quantitatively Analyze Microplastic Transport in an Experimental Flume

Boos, J., Gilfedder, B. S., & Frei, S. (2021) · Water Resources Research · doi:10.1029/2021wr031064 · Cited by 44

Riverine microplastic contamination in southwest Germany: A large-scale survey

Schrank, I., Löder, M. G. J., Imhof, H. K., Moses, S. R., Hess, M. C., Schwaiger, J., & Laforsch, C. (2022) · Frontiers in Earth Science · doi:10.3389/feart.2022.794250 · Cited by 42

Toxicokinetic/toxicodynamic-based risk assessment of freshwater fish health posed by microplastics at environmentally relevant concentrations

Chen, C., Lu, T., Yang, Y., & Liao, C. (2020) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144013 · Cited by 43

What You Net Depends on if You Grab: A Meta-analysis of Sampling Method’s Impact on Measured Aquatic Microplastic Concentration

Watkins, L., Sullivan, P. J., & Walter, M. T. (2021) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c03019 · Cited by 49

Detection in influx sources and estimation of microplastics abundance in surface waters of Rawal Lake, Pakistan

Bashir, A., & Hashmi, I. (2022) · Heliyon · doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09166 · Cited by 43

Microplastic distribution and characteristics across a large river basin: Insights from the Neuse River in North Carolina, USA

Kurki‐Fox, J. J., Doll, B. A., Monteleone, B., West, K., Putnam, G., Kelleher, L., Krause, S., & Schneidewind, U. (2023) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162940 · Cited by 42

Floods enhance the abundance and diversity of anthropogenic microparticles (including microplastics and treated cellulose) transported through karst systems

Baraza, T., & Hasenmueller, E. A. (2023) · Water Research · doi:10.1016/j.watres.2023.120204 · Cited by 42

Occurrence and Fate of Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment Plants

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The contamination of inland waters by microplastic fibres under different anthropogenic pressure: Preliminary study in Central Europe (Poland)

Kaliszewicz, A., Winczek, M., Karaban, K., Kurzydłowski, D., Górska, M., Koselak, W., & Romanowski, J. (2020) · Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy · doi:10.1177/0734242x20938448 · Cited by 45

Emission, Transport, and Deposition of visible Plastics in an Estuary and the Baltic Sea—a Monitoring and Modeling Approach

Schernewski, G., Radtke, H., Robbe, E., Haseler, M., Hauk, R., Meyer, L., Piehl, S., Riedel, J., & Labrenz, M. (2021) · Environmental Management · doi:10.1007/s00267-021-01534-2 · Cited by 41

The Microplastic Cycle: An Introduction to a Complex Issue

Bank, M. S., & Hansson, S. V. (2021) · Environmental contamination remediation and management · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-78627-4_1 · Cited by 46

Separation and flow cytometry analysis of microplastics and nanoplastics

Li, J., Huang, F., Zhang, G., Zhang, Z., & Zhang, X. (2023) · Frontiers in Chemistry · doi:10.3389/fchem.2023.1201734 · Cited by 45

Quantifying microplastic stocks and flows in the urban agglomeration based on the mass balance model and source-pathway-receptor framework: Revealing the role of pollution sources, weather patterns, and environmental management practices

Chen, H., Jia, Q., Sun, X., Zhou, X., Zhu, Y., Guo, Y., & Ye, J. (2022) · Water Research · doi:10.1016/j.watres.2022.119045 · Cited by 41

Contamination of the Caspian Sea Southern coast sediments with microplastics: A marine environmental problem

Ghayebzadeh, M., Aslani, H., Taghipour, H., & Mousavi, S. (2020) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111620 · Cited by 41

Subchronic exposure to high-density polyethylene microplastics alone or in combination with chlortoluron significantly affected valve activity and daily growth of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas.

Bringer, A., Thomas, H., Dubillot, E., Floch, S. L., Receveur, J., Cachot, J., & Tran, D. (2021) · Aquatic Toxicology · doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.105880 · Cited by 27

Enhanced settling of microplastics after biofilm development: A laboratory column study mimicking wastewater clarifiers

Lee, S.-Y., An, J., Kim, J., & Kwon, J. (2022) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119909 · Cited by 40

Variability of microplastic loading and retention in four inland lakes in Minnesota, USA

Conowall, P., Schreiner, K. M., Minor, E. C., Hrabik, T. R., & Schoenebeck, C. W. (2023) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121573 · Cited by 39

Preservation, storage, and sample preparation methods for freshwater microplastics – a comprehensive review

Nayebi, B., Khurana, P., Pulicharla, R., Karimpour, S., & Brar, S. K. (2023) · Environmental Science Advances · doi:10.1039/d3va00043e · Cited by 42

Incidence and exposure to microplastics in table salt present in the Iran market

Taghipour, H., Ghayebzadeh, M., Mousavi, S. M. S., Sharifi, H., & Payandeh, A. (2023) · Toxicology Reports · doi:10.1016/j.toxrep.2023.07.003 · Cited by 40

Microplastics pollution in the river Karnaphuli: a preliminary study on a tidal confluence river in the southeast coast of Bangladesh

Fatema, K., Rahman, T., Islam, M. J., Sumon, K. A., Uddin, M. H., Hasan, S. J., Kawsar, S. M. A., Arakawa, H., Haque, M. M., & Rashid, H. (2022) · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · doi:10.1007/s11356-022-24998-z · Cited by 45

The presence and significance of microplastics in surface water in the Lower Hudson River Estuary 2016–2019: A research note

Polanco, H., Hayes, S., Roble, C., Krupitsky, M., & Branco, B. (2020) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111702 · Cited by 39

Microplastics in Invasive Freshwater Mussels (Dreissena sp.): Spatiotemporal Variation and Occurrence With Chemical Contaminants

Hoellein, T. J., Rovegno, C., Uhrin, A. V., Johnson, E., & Herring, C. E. (2021) · Frontiers in Marine Science · doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.690401 · Cited by 39

Microplastic concentrations, characteristics, and fluxes in water bodies of the Tollense catchment, Germany, with regard to different sampling systems

Tamminga, M., Hengstmann, E., Deuke, A.-K., & Fischer, E. K. (2021) · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · doi:10.1007/s11356-021-16106-4 · Cited by 44

Microplastics in the Water Column of the Rhine River Near Basel: 22 Months of Sampling

Erni-Cassola, G., Dolf, R., & Burkhardt‐Holm, P. (2024) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c08364 · Cited by 42

Microplastics pollution in Bangladesh: current scenario and future research perspective

Karim, M. E., Sanjee, S. A., Mahmud, S., Shaha, M., Moniruzzaman, M., & Das, K. C. (2019) · Chemistry and Ecology · doi:10.1080/02757540.2019.1688309 · Cited by 39

Distribution and transport of microplastic and fine particulate organic matter in urban streams

Vincent, A. E. S., & Hoellein, T. J. (2021) · Ecological Applications · doi:10.1002/eap.2429 · Cited by 40

Treatment of the Wastewater Polluted with Synthetic Microfiber Released from Washing Machine

Mishra, S., & Das, A. P. (2022) · Lecture notes in civil engineering · doi:10.1007/978-981-16-7509-6_9 · Cited by 37

Microplastics pollution in the South American Pantanal

de Faria, É., Girard, P., Nardes, C. S., Moreschi, A., Christo, S. W., Júnior, A. L. F., & da Costa, M. F. (2021) · Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering · doi:10.1016/j.cscee.2021.100088 · Cited by 37

In vitro toxicity assessment of polyethylene terephthalate and polyvinyl chloride microplastics using three cell lines from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Boháčková, J., Havlíčková, L., Semerád, J., Titov, I., Trhlíková, O., Beneš, H., & Cajthaml, T. (2022) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136996 · Cited by 40

PUBLIC AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PERCEPTION ON MICROPLASTICS POLLUTION AROUND LAGOS LAGOON

Omoyajowo, K. O., Raimi, M. O., Waleola, T. O., Odipe, O. E., & Ogunyebi, A. L. (2022) · Ecological Safety and Balanced Use of Resources · doi:10.31471/2415-3184-2021-2(24)-35-46 · Cited by 43

Distribution Characteristics and Source Analysis of Microplastics in Urban Freshwater Lakes: A Case Study in Songshan Lake of Dongguan, China

Tang, N., Yu, Y., Cai, L., Tan, X., Zhang, L., Huang, Y., Li, B., Peng, J., & Xu, X. (2022) · Water · doi:10.3390/w14071111 · Cited by 40

Cave sediment sequesters anthropogenic microparticles (including microplastics and modified cellulose) in subsurface environments

Hasenmueller, E. A., Baraza, T., Hernandez, N. F., & Finegan, C. R. (2023) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164690 · Cited by 36

Small microplastics have much higher mass concentrations than large microplastics at the surface of nine major European rivers

Landebrit, L., Sanchez, R., Soccalingame, L., Palazot, M., Kedzierski, M., Bruzeau, S., Albignac, M., Ludwig, W., Ghiglione, J., & ter Halle, A. (2024) · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · doi:10.1007/s11356-024-34486-1 · Cited by 39

No evidence of microplastic impacts on consumption or growth of larval Pimephales promelas

Malinich, T. D., Chou, N., Sepúlveda, M. S., & Höök, T. O. (2018) · Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry · doi:10.1002/etc.4257 · Cited by 36

Filling in the knowledge gap: Observing MacroPlastic litter in South Africa's rivers

Moss, K., Allen, D., González‐Fernández, D., & Allen, S. (2020) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111876 · Cited by 36

Health Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements, Persistence of NDL-PCB, PAHs, and Microplastics in the Translocated Edible Freshwater Sinotaia quadrata (Gasteropoda, Viviparidae): A Case Study from the Arno River Basin (Central Italy)

Pastorino, P., Nocita, A., Ciccotelli, V., Zaccaroni, A., Anselmi, S., Giugliano, R., Tomasoni, M., Silvi, M., Menconi, V., Vivaldi, B., et al. (2021) · Exposure and Health · doi:10.1007/s12403-021-00404-w · Cited by 36

Seasonal Abundance and Distribution Patterns of Microplastics in the Lis River, Portugal

Sá, B., Pais, J., Antunes, J., Pequeno, J., Pires, A., & Sobral, P. (2022) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su14042255 · Cited by 40

Microplastic pollution in sediments of tropical shallow lakes

Silva-Cavalcanti, J. S., Silva, J. C. P., de Andrade, F. M., Brito, A. M. S. S., & da Costa, M. F. (2022) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158671 · Cited by 36

From pollution to solutions: Insights into the sources, transport and management of plastic debris in pristine and urban rivers

He, Y., Lu, J., Li, C., Wang, X., Jiang, C., Zhu, L., Bu, X., Jabeen, K., Vo, T. L. T., & Li, D. (2023) · Environmental Research · doi:10.1016/j.envres.2023.118024 · Cited by 35

Spatial and seasonal variations in abundance, distribution characteristics, and sources of microplastics in surface water of Mula river in Pune, India

Verma, M., Singh, P., Pradhan, V., & Dhanorkar, M. N. (2025) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126091 · Cited by 35

Factors driving the spatial distribution of microplastics in nearshore and offshore sediment of Lake Huron, North America

Belontz, S. L., Corcoran, P. L., de Haan‐Ward, J., Helm, P. A., & Märvin, C. H. (2022) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113709 · Cited by 39

Microplastics in fish culture ponds: abundance, characterization, and contamination risk assessment

Hossain, M. B., Banik, P., Nur, A.-A. U., Choudhury, T. R., Liba, S. I., Albeshr, M. F., Yu, Q., & Arai, T. (2023) · Frontiers in Environmental Science · doi:10.3389/fenvs.2023.1251158 · Cited by 37

Exploring the plastic degrading ability of microbial communities through metagenomic approach

Shilpa, S., Basak, N., & Meena, S. S. (2022) · Materials Today Proceedings · doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2022.02.308 · Cited by 34

Microplastics in Freshwater: A Focus on the Russian Inland Waters

Frank, Y. A., Ershova, A. A., Batasheva, S., Vorobiev, E. D., Rakhmatullina, S. N., Vorobiev, D. S., & Fakhrullin, R. F. (2022) · Water · doi:10.3390/w14233909 · Cited by 40

Effects of life cycle exposure to polystyrene microplastics on medaka fish (Oryzias latipes)

González-Doncel, M., García‐Mauriño, J. E., Beltrán, E. M., Torija, C. F., Andreu-Sánchez, Ó., & Pablos, M. V. (2022) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120001 · Cited by 33

A Mini-Review of Strategies for Quantifying Anthropogenic Activities in Microplastic Studies in Aquatic Environments

Lin, C.-T., Chiu, M., & Kuo, M. (2022) · Polymers · doi:10.3390/polym14010198 · Cited by 36

Understanding the Interplay between Antimicrobial Resistance, Microplastics and Xenobiotic Contaminants: A Leap towards One Health?

Piergiacomo, F., Brusetti, L., & Pagani, L. (2022) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph20010042 · Cited by 32

Identification of micro- and nanoplastic particles in postnatal sprague-dawley rat offspring after maternal inhalation exposure throughout gestation

Moreno, G. M., Brunson-Malone, T., Adams, S. E., Nguyen, C., Seymore, T., Cary, C. M., Polunas, M., Goedken, M. J., & Stapleton, P. A. (2024) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175350 · Cited by 33

Adapting Coastal Collection Methods for River Assessment to Increase Data on Global Plastic Pollution: Examples From India and Indonesia

Owens, K. A., & Kamil, P. I. (2020) · Frontiers in Environmental Science · doi:10.3389/fenvs.2019.00208 · Cited by 32

Microplastic prevalence in anatolian water frogs (Pelophylax spp.)

Tatlı, H., Altunışık, A., & Gedik, K. (2022) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116029 · Cited by 32

Local Monitoring Should Inform Local Solutions: Morphological Assemblages of Microplastics Are Similar within a Pathway, But Relative Total Concentrations Vary Regionally

Rochman, C. M., Grbic, J., Earn, A., Helm, P. A., Hasenmueller, E. A., Trice, M., Munno, K., De Frond, H., Djuric, N., Santoro, S., et al. (2022) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c00926 · Cited by 29

Extraction, characterisation and remediation of microplastics from organic solid matrices

Goli, V. S. N. S., Paleologos, E. K., Farid, A. M., Mohamed, A. O., O’Kelly, B. C., Gamal, M. M. E., Vaverková, M. D., Jiang, N., Wang, J. J., Xiao, L., et al. (2022) · Environmental Geotechnics · doi:10.1680/jenge.21.00072 · Cited by 33

Microplastics in fresh- and wastewater are potential contributors to antibiotic resistance - A minireview

Perveen, S., Pablos, C., Reynolds, K., Stanley, S., & Marugán, J. (2022) · Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances · doi:10.1016/j.hazadv.2022.100071 · Cited by 33

Microplastics in Freshwater and Drinking Water: Sources, Impacts, Detection, and Removal Strategies

Chowdhury, S. R., Razzak, S. A., Hassan, I. A., Hossain, S. M. Z., & Hossain, M. M. (2023) · Water Air & Soil Pollution · doi:10.1007/s11270-023-06677-y · Cited by 35

Significant regional disparities in riverine microplastics

Chen, C., Pagsuyoin, S. A., van Emmerik, T. H. M., Xu, Y., Xu, Y., Guo, Z., Liu, D., & Xu, Y. (2024) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134571 · Cited by 30

Characteristics, Contamination Levels, and Ecosystem Risk Assessment of Microplastics in Surface Water of a Highly Urbanized River from a Developing Country

Riya, K. K., Anisuzzaman, M., Azad, M. A. S., Nur, A.-A. U., Banik, P., Paray, B. A., Arai, T., Yu, Q., & Hossain, M. B. (2024) · ACS Omega · doi:10.1021/acsomega.4c01528 · Cited by 30

Environmental and land use controls of microplastic pollution along the gravel-bed Ain River (France) and its “Plastic Valley”

Dendievel, A., Wazne, M., Vallier, M., Mermillod‐Blondin, F., Mourier, B., Piégay, H., Winiarski, T., Krause, S., & Simon, L. (2022) · Water Research · doi:10.1016/j.watres.2022.119518 · Cited by 30

Source-specific categorization of microplastics in nearshore surface waters of the Great Lakes

Yu, J. T., Helm, P. A., & Diamond, M. L. (2024) · Journal of Great Lakes Research · doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2023.102256 · Cited by 28

Microplastic and antibiotics in waters: Interactions and environmental risks

Guo, J., Jin, X., Zhou, Y., Gao, B., Li, Y., & Zhou, Y. (2024) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123125 · Cited by 31

Detecting Microplastics in Soil and Sediment in an Undergraduate Environmental Chemistry Laboratory Experiment That Promotes Skill Building and Encourages Environmental Awareness

Rowe, L., Kubalewski, M., Clark, R., Statza, E., Goyne, T. E., Leach, K., & Peller, J. R. (2018) · Journal of Chemical Education · doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00392 · Cited by 29

The potential risks posed by micro-nanoplastics to the safety of disinfected drinking water

Liu, S., Ding, H., Song, Y., Xue, Y., Bi, M., Wu, M., Zhao, C. J., Wang, M., Shi, J., & Deng, H. (2023) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131089 · Cited by 30

Human Activities Increased Microplastics Contamination in the Himalaya Mountains

Han, B., Yacoub, M., Li, A., Nicholson, K. N., Gruver, J. B., Neumann, K., & Sharma, S. (2023) · Hydrology · doi:10.3390/hydrology11010004 · Cited by 28

The Toxicity of Polyester Fibers in Xenopuslaevis

Bacchetta, R., Winkler, A., Santo, N., & Tremolada, P. (2021) · Water · doi:10.3390/w13233446 · Cited by 26

Categorization of plastic debris on sixty-six beaches of the Laurentian Great Lakes, North America

Arturo, I. A., & Corcoran, P. L. (2022) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac5714 · Cited by 28

Factors influencing the variation of microplastic uptake in demersal fishes from the upper Thames River Ontario

Wardlaw, C. M., Corcoran, P. L., & Neff, B. D. (2022) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120095 · Cited by 28

Distribution, Toxic Potential, and Influence of Land Use on Conventional and Emerging Contaminants in Urban Stormwater Pond Sediments

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Microalgae for microplastic removal from water and wastewater: a review

Sousa, P. M. S., Kinney, K. A., Sousa, C. A., & Simões, M. V. (2025) · Environmental Chemistry Letters · doi:10.1007/s10311-024-01809-0 · Cited by 30

A Systematic Literature Review for Addressing Microplastic Fibre Pollution: Urgency and Opportunities

Chan, C. K.-M., Lo, C. K. Y., & Kan, C. W. (2024) · Water · doi:10.3390/w16141988 · Cited by 33

The occurrence of microplastics in freshwater systems – preliminary results from Krakow (Poland)

Połeć, M., Aleksander-Kwaterczak, U., Wątor, K., & Kmiecik, E. (2018) · Geology Geophysics & Environment · doi:10.7494/geol.2018.44.4.391 · Cited by 29

Hydrodynamic driven microplastics in Dongting Lake, China: Quantification of the flux and transportation

Yin, L., Nie, X., Deng, G., Tian, J., Xiang, Z., Abbasi, S., Chen, H., Zhang, W., Xiao, R., Gan, C., et al. (2024) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136049 · Cited by 26

Interconnected impacts of water resource management and climate change on microplastic pollution and riverine biocoenosis: A review by freshwater ecologists

Quadroni, S., Cesarini, G., Santis, V. D., & Galafassi, S. (2024) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123363 · Cited by 28

Investigation of microplastic accumulation in Rastrelliger kanagurta fish gut and microplastic degradation behaviour of existing gut bacteria Pseudomonas sp.

Rajendran, K., Rajendiran, R., Ravichandran, R., & Velu, R. K. (2022) · Archives of Microbiology · doi:10.1007/s00203-022-03241-w · Cited by 25

Occurrences, sources, fate and impacts of plastic on aquatic organisms and human health in global perspectives: What Bangladesh can do in future?

Haque, M. K., Ahmed, M. U., Kormoker, T., Ahmed, T. U., Zaman, M. R. U., Rahman, M. S., Rahman, M. A., Hossain, M. Y., Rana, M. M., & Tsang, Y. F. (2023) · Environmental Geochemistry and Health · doi:10.1007/s10653-023-01646-0 · Cited by 30

Sampling with Niskin bottles and microfiltration reveals a high prevalence of microfibers

Whitaker, J. M., Garza, T. N., & Janosik, A. M. (2019) · Limnologica · doi:10.1016/j.limno.2019.125711 · Cited by 25

Distribution, abundance and spatial variability of microplastic pollution on the surface of Lake Superior

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