[HTML][HTML] Hydro-geomorphic perspectives on microplastic distribution in freshwater river systems: A critical review

D Range, C Scherer, F Stock, TA Ternes, TO Hoffmann - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Freshwater river systems are commonly defined as the main transport paths of microplastics
(MP) from land into the seas. A shift in research interest from oceans to rivers can be …

Spatial distribution of microplastics in Chinese freshwater ecosystem and impacts on food webs

SUA Bhutto, X You - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, there has been a lot of discussion about the rapid increase of
microplastics (MPs) due to their persistence, ubiquity, and toxicity. The widespread …

Microplastics reshape the fate of aqueous carbon by inducing dynamic changes in biodiversity and chemodiversity

X Liu, S Wang, L Mu, Y Xie, X Hu - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The interactions among dissolved organic matter (DOM), microplastics (MPs) and microbes
influence the fate of aqueous carbon and greenhouse gas emissions. However, the related …

Occurrence of microplastics pollution in the Yangtze River: Distinct characteristics of spatial distribution and basin-wide ecological risk assessment

M Liu, X Cao, Z Liu - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The widespread presence of microplastics (MPs) in the Yangtze River, the third longest river
in the world, has drawn increasing attention. Although numerous studies have been …

Negative impacts of nanoplastics on the purification function of submerged plants in constructed wetlands: responses of oxidative stress and metabolic processes

Y Liu, L Wei, H Yu, X Cao, J Peng, H Liu, J Qu - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Constructed wetlands (CWs) are an important barrier to prevent nanoplastics (NPs) and
microplastics (MPs) from entering receiving streams. However, little is known about how the …

Effect of land use on microplastic pollution in a major boundary waterway: the Arvand River

N Soltani, B Keshavarzi, F Moore, R Busquets… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The occurrence of microplastics (MPs) was investigated in the Arvand River (Iran). The
Arvand River (200 Km) is a major water body that flows through land with diverse use and it …

Pervasiveness and characteristics of microplastics in surface water and sediment of the Buriganga River, Bangladesh

MS Islam, Z Islam, MR Hasan - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are an emerging environmental problem due to their all-around
existence and extraordinary stability. A significant number of studies are found in recent …

Dynamic evolution of antibiotic resistance genes in plastisphere in the vertical profile of urban rivers

Y Chen, Z Yan, Y Zhou, Y Zhang, R Jiang, M Wang… - Water research, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) can vertically transport in the aquatic environment due to their aging and
biofouling, forming distinct plastisphere in different water layers. However, even though MPs …

Microplastics in sediments from urban and suburban rivers: Influence of sediment properties

TT Duong, D Nguyen-Thuy, NN Phuong… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although sediments are considered to be a major sink for microplastics (MP), there is still a
relative lack of knowledge on the factors that influence the occurrence and abundance of MP …

Distribution of microplastics in benthic sediments of Qinghai Lake on the Tibetan Plateau, China

N Jiang, W Luo, P Zhao, B Ga, J Jia, JP Giesy - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although several studies of microplastics (MPs) with size< 5 mm in lake sediments focused
on lakeshore areas, there have been no studies of distributions of MPs from lakeshores to …