Calcium carbonate deposits and microbial assemblages on microplastics in oligotrophic freshwaters.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128942
Abstract: Microplastics are solid polymer particles with a wide variety of surface properties, found in most waterbodies, and known as carriers of distinct microbial communities affecting the fate of the particles in the environment. Little is… read more here.
Keywords: deposits microbial; microbial assemblages; small microplastics; drinking water ... See more keywords
Abundance and distribution of small microplastics (≤ 3 μm) in sediments and seaworms from the Southern Mediterranean coasts and characterisation of their potential harmful effects.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114634
Abstract: Microplastics (MPs) are an uncontrolled contaminant affecting marine ecosystems. Studying their undesirable effects has been an attractive field for scientists in recent years. This study is the first to investigate the uptake and distribution of… read more here.
Keywords: southern mediterranean; abundance; microplastics sediments; small microplastics ... See more keywords
Large quantities of small microplastics permeate the surface ocean to abyssal depths in the South Atlantic Gyre
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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16089
Abstract: Hundreds of studies have surveyed plastic debris in surface ocean gyre and convergence zones, however, comprehensive microplastics (MPs, ≤5 mm) assessments beneath these surface accumulation areas are lacking. Using in situ high‐volume filtration, Manta net… read more here.
Keywords: gyre large; surface; surface ocean; south atlantic ... See more keywords
Occurrence and Characterization of Small Microplastics (
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DOI: 10.3390/toxics10070383
Abstract: This study is the first to investigate the ingestion of microplastics (MPs), plasticizers, additives, and particles of micro-litter < 100 μm by larvae of Simuliidae (Diptera) in rivers. Blackflies belong to a small cosmopolitan insect… read more here.
Keywords: smps apfs; larvae simuliidae; small microplastics; characterization small ... See more keywords