The factors influencing the vertical transport of microplastics in marine environment: a review

J Li, E Shan, J Zhao, J Teng, Q Wang - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
There have been numerous studies that have identified the presence of low-density
microplastics (MPs) in the water column and sediments. The focus of current MPs research …

Updated review on microplastics in water, their occurrence, detection, measurement, environmental pollution, and the need for regulatory standards

A Yusuf, A Sodiq, A Giwa, J Eke, O Pikuda… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The gravity of the impending threats posed by microplastics (MPs) pollution in the
environment cannot be over-emphasized. Several research studies continue to stress how …

Overview of analytical methods for the determination of microplastics: Current status and trends

H Dong, X Wang, X Niu, J Zeng, Y Zhou… - TrAC Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics have attracted increasing attention in recent years due to their ubiquitous
presence in the environment. However, there is a lack of published work giving a full …

Assessment of microplastic bioconcentration, bioaccumulation and biomagnification in a simple coral reef food web

ME Miller, CA Motti, M Hamann, FJ Kroon - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastics, and more specifically, microplastics (MPs,< 5 mm) are considered a marine
contaminant of emerging concern. To accurately assess the ecological risk of MPs, it is …

Urbanization and hydrological conditions drive the spatial and temporal variability of microplastic pollution in the Garonne River

AR de Carvalho, F Garcia, L Riem-Galliano… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution represents a novel environmental pressure acting on freshwater
ecosystems. Improving our understanding of the dynamics of MP pollution in freshwater …

Microplastic pollution in the environment and organisms of Xiangshan Bay, East China Sea: an area of intensive mariculture

X Yu, W Huang, Y Wang, Y Wang, L Cao, Z Yang… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution in oceans is an emerging environmental problem that poses
ecological risks for marine ecosystems. Based on the abundance, distribution, and …

Plastic in the inferno: Microplastic contamination in deep-sea cephalopods (Vampyroteuthis infernalis and Abralia veranyi) from the southwestern Atlantic

GVB Ferreira, AKS Justino, LN Eduardo… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics are a relevant environmental concern in marine ecosystems due to their
ubiquity. However, knowledge on their dispersion patterns within the ocean basin and the …

Origin, ecotoxicity, and analytical methods for microplastic detection in aquatic systems

V Kumar, M Umesh, P Chakraborty, P Sharma… - TrAC Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the decades, interaction of microplastics with other pollutants in a dynamic
environmental set up was observed to increase their toxic effects. This scenario is worse in …

Ecological risk assessment of marine microplastics using the analytic hierarchy process: A case study in the Yangtze River Estuary and adjacent marine areas

F Zhang, G Peng, P Xu, L Zhu, C Li, N Wei… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution is ubiquitous in the terrestrial and marine environments, even in
the air. However, ecological risk assessment studies of microplastics are scarce. In the …

Mycobacteriaceae mineralizes micropolyethylene in riverine ecosystems

X Sun, Z Chen, T Kong, Z Chen, Y Dong… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microplastic (MP) contamination is a serious global environmental problem. Plastic
contamination has attracted extensive attention during the past decades. While …