Accumulation, transformation and transport of microplastics in estuarine fronts

T Wang, S Zhao, L Zhu, JC McWilliams… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Millions of tons of riverine plastic waste enter the ocean via estuaries annually. The plastics
accumulate, fragment, mix and interact with organisms in these dynamic systems, but such …

Current advances in interactions between microplastics and dissolved organic matters in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

Y Sun, J Ji, J Tao, Y Yang, D Wu, L Han, S Li… - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous presence of microplastics represents an anthropogenic stressor on aquatic
and terrestrial ecosystems. Following a decade of study on the detection and potential …

Distribution, biological effects and biofilms of microplastics in freshwater systems-A review

Y Wang, B Zhou, H Chen, R Yuan, F Wang - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapidly rising output and mass use of plastics have made plastics pollution a major
environmental problem. Since plastics are persistent in the environment, understanding the …

The impact of microplastic-microbe interactions on animal health and biogeochemical cycles: a mini-review

J Wang, C Peng, H Li, P Zhang, X Liu - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution has attracted global attention due to the extensive use of plastic
products. The hydrophobic MP surface provides a habitat for multiple microorganisms …

Zooplankton grazing of microplastic can accelerate global loss of ocean oxygen

K Kvale, AEF Prowe, CT Chien, A Landolfi… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Global warming has driven a loss of dissolved oxygen in the ocean in recent decades. We
demonstrate the potential for an additional anthropogenic driver of deoxygenation, in which …

Hitchhiking into the deep: how microplastic particles are exported through the biological carbon pump in the North Atlantic Ocean

L Galgani, I Goßmann, B Scholz-Böttcher… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Understanding residence times of plastic in the ocean is a major knowledge gap in plastic
pollution studies. Observations report a large mismatch between plastic load estimates from …

Plastisphere in freshwaters: An emerging concern

J Barros, S Seena - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Plastisphere, an ecosystem of microbes thriving on floating plastic debris, has been
extensively studied in marine waters since 2013. Currently, very little is known about the …

Plastic pollution impacts on marine carbon biogeochemistry

L Galgani, SA Loiselle - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the major challenges in understanding the dynamics of the ocean's health and
functioning is the potential impact of the increasing presence of plastic. Besides the verified …

Occurrence, distribution, and characterization of suspended microplastics in a highly impacted estuarine wetland in Argentina

AD Forero-López, GN Rimondino, DM Truchet… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics have been a global concern due to their potential and widespread risks to
organisms and environments. In this study, we investigated the abundance, distribution, and …

[HTML][HTML] Cryosphere as a temporal sink and source of microplastics in the Arctic region

Y Zhang, T Gao, S Kang, D Allen, Z Wang, X Luo… - Geoscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) pollution has become a serious environmental issue of growing global
concern due to the increasing plastic production and usage. Under climate warming, the …