[HTML][HTML] A critical review of the novel analytical methods for the determination of microplastics in sand and sediment samples

V Soursou, J Campo, Y Picó - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) form the most investigated plastic category since their size (1 μm-5 mm)
enables them to accumulate in various environmental compartments and to be ingested by …

Strategies to reduce risk and mitigate impacts of disaster: increasing water quality resilience from microplastics in the water supply system

K Senathirajah, T Palanisami - ACS ES&T Water, 2023 - ACS Publications
Microplastics contaminating the water supply system qualifies as a disaster. This has major
far-reaching implications, posing significant threats to economic growth and human …

New insights into the migration, distribution and accumulation of micro-plastic in marine environment: A critical mechanism review

J Nawab, H Khan, J Ghani, MI Zafar, S Khan, S Toller… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are widely distributed in the marine environment, posing a significant
threat to marine biota. The contribution of anthropogenic and terrestrial sources to the …

Occurrence, potential sources, and ecological risk assessment of microplastics in the inland river basins in Northern China

M Gan, Y Zhang, P Shi, L Cui, C Zhang, J Guo - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are the pollutants, found widely across various environmental media.
However, studies on the MP pollution in urban rivers and the necessary risk assessments …

Influence of wastewater treatment plants and water input sources on size, shape, and polymer distributions of microplastics in St. Andrew Bay, Florida, USA

A Ridall, E Farrar, M Dansby, J Ingels - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution is an ongoing problem in coastal systems, where wastewater
treatment plants (WWTPs) deposit particles daily. This study examined MP characteristics at …

Microplastic pollution in typical seasonal rivers in northern China: temporal variation and risk assessment

M Gan, Y Zhang, P Shi, L Cui, H Sun - … Science: Processes & Impacts, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Rivers are important channels for the transport of microplastics (MPs) from land to sea. In
this work, the temporal variation and risk assessment of MP pollution in the surface water of …

The role of microbe-microplastic associations in marine Nematode feeding behaviors

A Ridall, S Asgari, J Ingels - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Fauna across many taxa and trophic levels have been shown to consume microplastics
(MPs) in experiments, providing evidence that supports field-based gut content …

Microplastic-induced shifts in bioturbation and oxygen penetration depth in subtidal sediments

A Ridall, A Maciute, FJA Nascimento, S Bonaglia… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Interstitial meiofauna, organisms smaller than 500 μm that live between sediment grains, are
the most abundant animals on Earth. They play crucial roles in biogeochemical cycles, but …

A review of the influence mechanisms of climate-induced events on groundwater microplastic contamination: A focus on aquifer vulnerabilities and mitigation …

NA Khant, RM Lumongsod, S Namkoong… - Science …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Climate change and plastic pollution are two main issues that our world is currently facing,
and they are mainly linked through various processes, mechanisms, and chemical blueprint …

Importance of the water-sediment bed interactions in simulating microplastic particles in an estuarine system

E Summers, J Du, K Park, M Wharton… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Retention of plastics in estuaries and storage in sediments likely contributes to the mass
imbalance between the amount of ocean plastic debris and input from land. A sediment …