Are fishes selecting the trash they eat? Influence of feeding mode and habitat on microplastic uptake in an artificial reef complex (ARC)

ID da Costa, LL Costa, IR Zalmon - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Every year, coastal countries generate∼ 275 million tons of plastic, and the oceans receive
from 4.8 to 12.7 million tons 3. Pollution by synthetic polymers is even more problematic for …

7 Plastics, Pyrogenic Nurdles, Microplastics and

M Sewwandi, KI Perera, CM Reddy… - … Pollution-The X …, 2023 - books.google.com
Plastic is ubiquitous in the ocean, which has become a significant repository for the material.
One common form of plastic found in the ocean is the resin pellet or “nurdle”. Nurdles are the …

Plastics, Nurdles, and Pyrogenic Microplastics in the Coastal Marine Environment: Implications of the X-Press Pearl Maritime Disaster

M Sewwandi, KI Perera, CM Reddy… - … Pollution-The X …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Plastic nurdles widely exist in open ocean and coastal marine environments due to
extensive leakage of nurdles from industrial facilities and during transport. Plastics also spill …

Microplastics Chemical Characterization, Regional Distribution, and Effects on Biota

M Simpson - 2024 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation provides an in-depth analysis of the environmental effects of microplastics,
with a focus on nurdles (pre-production microplastics) and microfibers. The opening section …