Reducing uncertainty and confronting ignorance about the possible impacts of weathering plastic in the marine environment

A Jahnke, HPH Arp, BI Escher, B Gewert… - … & Technology Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Plastic in the global oceans fulfills two of the three conditions for pollution to pose a
planetary boundary threat because it is causing planetary-scale exposure that is not readily …

Review of the action of organic matter on mineral sediment flocculation

Z Deng, D Huang, Q He, C Chassagne - Frontiers in earth science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Sediment is found throughout the world's alluvial plain rivers, estuarine coasts and adjacent
seas and is thereby a key factor in major ecosystems. Suspended mineral sediment can …

The role of suspended extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) on equilibrium flocculation of clay minerals in high salinity water

L Ye, J Wu, M Huang, J Yan - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Biophysical cohesive mud, consisting of clay minerals and extracellular polymeric substance
(EPS), plays significant role in determining sediments, nutrients and pollutants transport in …

The development and application of improved solids modelling to enable resilient urban sewer networks

MK Murali, MR Hipsey, A Ghadouani, Z Yuan - Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Decreasing per capita water consumption in several OECD countries has led to a notable
flow reduction into sewer systems. However, sewers still transport similar quantities of solids …

Ebola virus persistence in the environment: state of the knowledge and research needs

K Bibby, LW Casson, E Stachler… - Environmental Science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In March 2014, an outbreak of Ebola virus (Ebola) arose in western Africa. Since then, there
have been more than 10000 cases reported with a mortality rate of approximately 70% in …

The importance of organic content to fractal floc properties in estuarine surface waters: Insights from video, LISST, and pump sampling

KA Fall, CT Friedrichs, GM Massey… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
To better understand the nature of flocs of varying organic content in estuarine surface
waters, Laser in situ Scattering and Transmissometry, video settling, and pump sampling …

Dynamics of suspended particulate matter in an impounded river under dry and wet weather conditions

TT Huynh, J Kim, W Kim, J Hur, QN Ho… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The dynamics of suspended particulate matter (SPM) and SPM‐associated biological and
physicochemical processes in a river vary under dry and wet weather conditions and …

A tri-modal flocculation model coupled with TELEMAC for estuarine muds both in the laboratory and in the field

X Shen, BJ Lee, M Fettweis, EA Toorman - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Estuarine and coastal regions are often characterized by a high variability of suspended
sediment concentrations in their waters, which influences dredging projects, contaminant …

Spatial and seasonal variation of biomineral suspended particulate matter properties in high-turbid nearshore and low-turbid offshore zones

M Fettweis, BJ Lee - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
Suspended particulate matter (SPM) is abundant and essential in marine and coastal
waters, and comprises a wide variety of biomineral particles, which are practically grouped …

Persistent reshaping of cohesive sediment towards stable flocs by turbulence

M Yu, X Yu, AJ Mehta, AJ Manning, F Khan… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Cohesive sediment forms flocs of various sizes and structures in the natural turbulent
environment. Understanding flocculation is critical in accurately predicting sediment …