… plastic debris research. Next, we present an overview of the origin and fate of riverine plastic
debris… Using several examples, we illustrate the travel paths of unsoundly disposed plastics …

… of plastic debris in rivers from available data, to identify patterns of plastic concentrations
and loads and to provide an estimate of the amount of plastic exported from river catchments …

… large river basins by surface area. We demonstrate that the average magnitude, composition,
and distribution over the river width of plastic debris transport varies considerably per river. …

… Also, the samples were not taken at the crest of each river’s flood stage, so our estimates
likely underestimate the actual storm water loading of plastic debris. The dry period sample was …

… annual mass of debris intercepted by booms on both rivers on the … plastic debris as a
proportion of total floating debris (in %) observed in this study, the tonnage of floating plastic debris …

… and is a pristine rural river. In this study, we investigated plastic debris in surface waters and
… The aims were to (1) compare the spatial distribution of plastic debris in surface waters and …

… Several model categories exist that can use the above mechanistic evidence to simulate
the fate of plastic debris in rivers, some of which already have been published in the literature […

… benthic plastic debris in ocean, sea, lake, estuary and river … surface plastic debris provide
important information on plastic … , studies of submerged plastic debris have been sporadic in …

… This study provides new observational evidence that plastic debris transport may depend …
rivers (Moore et al., 2011). We also found that the daily variation in transport closest to the river …

… this plastic pollution an assessment of the plastic debris discharging to the seas from the
rivers … Thus the present study seeks to quantify the origin of the plastic found along the Korean …