environmental fate, in-situ behaviour, concentration and harmful impacts of microplastics on aquatic life are the focus of this review paper. Present review summarises the current state of information about microplastics in riverine ecosystems around the world. The tiny plastic particles can serve as...
To determine whether medium-sized wastewater treatment plants are significant sources of microplastics to rivers draining into Lake Erie, we measured microplastic loads up- and downstream of two wastewater treatment plants in southeastern Michigan State (USA). We detected a significant increase in the ...
ANTHROPOGENIC MACRODEBRIS AND MICROPLASTICS FROM BEACHES OF SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGANGARCIACesar A
Microplastics (MPs) are of global concern due to their slow degradation in the environment and the potential of inducing adverse effects on organisms. In aquatic ecosystems, microbes routinely colonize MPs and develop biofilms on their surfaces. Biofilms are assemblages of surface-associated microbial c...
The vast amount of plastic waste emitted into the environment is of increasing concern because there is mounting evidence for various toxic effects of microplastics on living organisms. In particular, despite freshwater ecosystems are essential sources of water supply, they have been less investigated ...
Microplastics (MPs) are increasingly recognized as environmental contaminants with complex impacts on fish and other aquatic organisms. This study determined the microplastics abundance and the induced-ecological risks of microplastics in water, sediment, and commonly harvested fishes of a Ramsar site, Dee...
Tracking the distribution of microfiber pollution in a southern Lake Michigan watershed through the analysis of water, sediment and air. Environ. Sci. Processes Impacts 2019, 21, 1549–1559. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Woodall, L.C.; Sanchez-Vidal, A.; Canals, M.; Paterson, G.L.J.; ...
Fresh water being an essential commodity for humans, MP pollution in these systems has garnered significant attention from the scientific community [52,53,54]. In the US, the presence of MPs has been detected in the freshwater continuum in the Milwaukee River to Lake Michigan, including the ...
Vertical distribution of microplastics in the water column and sur fi cial sediment from the Milwaukee River basin to Lake Michigan. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version] Miller, R.Z.; Watts, A.J.R.; Winslow, B.O.; Galloway, T.S.; Barrows, ...
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