Spatial patterns of plastic debris along Estuarine shorelines.

By M. Browne, T. Galloway, Richard C. Thompson. Environmental Science and Technology, 2010

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Subfields: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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Microplastic moves pollutants and additives to worms, reducing functions linked to health and biodiversity. (2013, positive): “edu Animals from sedimentary habitats are vulnerable because plastic can accumulate concentrations of pollutants a hundred times greater than those in sediments [9], and there is 250% more microplastic in habitats that receive sewage [2] or are downwind [4].”
Microplastics in four estuarine rivers in the Chesapeake Bay, U.S.A. (2014, background): “…salinity and temperature),41 as well as climatic and/or meteorological conditions (e.g., rain, prevailing and episodic wind),11,42 reviewed by Browne et al.10 Consequences include stratification and differential expression of various microplastics types vertically within the water…”
Beyond the ocean : Contamination of freshwater ecosystems with (micro-) plastic particles (2015, background): “Estuary microplastic abundance has also received little attention ([25-27]), but given the strong 91”
A new analytical approach for monitoring microplastics in marine sediments. (2014, methodology): “…(Horsman, 1982; Pruter, 1987; Derraik, 2002) and land-based sources such as tourism, adjacent industries or river inputs (e.g. Reddy et al., 2006; Browne et al., 2010), plastics are entering our seas and oceans, “posing a complex and multi-dimensional challenge with significant implications for…”
Interactions between microorganisms and marine microplastics: A call for research (2011, background): “Therefore, microplastics are likely to constitute the numerically most abundant type of plastic debris in marine ecosystems, particularly in coastal environments (Barnes et al., 2009; Corcoran et al., 2009; Browne et al., 2010).”
The present and future of microplastic pollution in the marine environment. (2014, background): “Microplastics (<1 mm) were also present in sediment samples from the Tamar Estuary, UK (Browne et al., 2010).”