Microplastic fibers—underestimated threat to aquatic organisms?

A Rebelein, I Int-Veen, U Kammann… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Awareness of microplastic pollution in aquatic environments increased strongly during the
last decade. Environmental monitoring studies detected microplastic items in every tested …

Abundance, interaction, ingestion, ecological concerns, and mitigation policies of microplastic pollution in riverine ecosystem: A review

R Kumar, P Sharma, C Manna, M Jain - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (< 5 mm) have become an environmental hazard to natural
ecosystems and humanity due to their ubiquitous presence in the environment, and possess …

Effect of physical characteristics and hydrodynamic conditions on transport and deposition of microplastics in riverine ecosystem

R Kumar, P Sharma, A Verma, PK Jha, P Singh… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microplastic disposal into riverine ecosystems is an emergent ecological hazard that mainly
originated from land-based sources. This paper presents a comprehensive review on …

Surface water, sediment, and biota: The first multi-compartment analysis of microplastics in the Karnafully river, Bangladesh

MJ Hossain, S AftabUddin, F Akhter, N Nusrat… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Karnafullly River, which flows through Chattogram and falls into the Bay of
Bengal, Bangladesh, is vulnerable to microplastic contamination. In this study, we looked at …

Microplastics in freshwater fishes: Occurrence, impacts and future perspectives

B Parker, D Andreou, ID Green, JR Britton - Fish and Fisheries, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microplastics (MPs) are small, plastic particles of various shapes, sizes and polymers.
Although well studied in marine systems, their roles and importance in freshwater …

Microplastic uptake in commercial fishes from the Bohai Sea, China

Q Wang, X Zhu, C Hou, Y Wu, J Teng, C Zhang, H Tan… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution has become an emerging global concern in marine
environments, but research on the uptake of MPs by commercial marine fish is relatively …

Species-specific effect of microplastics on fish embryos and observation of toxicity kinetics in larvae

C Zhang, J Wang, A Zhou, Q Ye, Y Feng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics will definitely increase the potential health risks to humans through food chain,
especially by commercial fishes. Here, we studied species-specific effect of microplastics on …

Microplastic in freshwater ecosystem: bioaccumulation, trophic transfer, and biomagnification

V Bhatt, JS Chauhan - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Plastic wastes in the environment ultimately reach to the aquatic habitats and become
available to aquatic organisms. The pathway of microplastic in aquatic ecosystem is very …

Do freshwater fish eat microplastics? A review with a focus on effects on fish health and predictive traits of MPs ingestion

S Galafassi, C Campanale, C Massarelli, VF Uricchio… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microplastics (MPs) have received increasing attention in the last decade and are now
considered among the most concerning emerging pollutants in natural environments. Here …

Impacts of microplastic on fisheries and seafood security—Global analysis and synthesis

G Kibria - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
This review paper collected, collated, analysed, interpreted, synthesised, and documented
the research investigations conducted on microplastic (MPs) pollution impacts on seafood …