Benthic plastic debris in marine and fresh water environments
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Abundant plastic debris is becoming incorporated into the marine and freshwater benthic sedimentary record as a result of density modifications during production and while in the water column.
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Plastics are now widespread in shallow and deep-water marine sediments as macroscopic fragments and as virtually ubiquitous microplastic particles.
“Plastics spread rapidly via rivers into lakes , and are now also widespread in both shallow and deep-water marine sediments as macroscopic fragments, and as virtually ubiquitous microplastic particles (microbeads, 'nurdles' and fibers; Fig. 2A; 25- 27 ), which are dispersed by both physical and biological processes.”
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- Authors
- Corcoran, P. L.
- Affiliations
- Western University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Corcoran, Patricia L.
- Venue
- Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 2015
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1363-1369
- ISSN
- 2050-7887 (ISSN-L)
- 2050-7895
- OpenAlex
- W1862638558
- Cited by
- 160
- References
- 75
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 6
- FWCI
- 5.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Environmental Science Processes & Impacts (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Waste Management and Recycling
- Keywords
- marine litter, river bottom, estuaries, plastic degradation, riverine input, urban proximity, bottom-dwelling organisms
- MeSH terms
- Environmental Monitoring, Plastics, Seawater, Waste Products, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Rivers, Lakes, Estuaries
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