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Ocean sediments as the global sink for marine micro‐ and mesoplastics
Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 2022 About 15 Tg of plastic are estimated to enter the ocean yearly, with this figure growing exponentially every year. Assessments of floating marine plastic amount to 0.2% of the expected plastic stock, implying that 99.8% is stored in a sink yet to be ...
Cecilia Martin +3 more
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Remote Sensing, 2021 Despite recent advances in remote sensing of large accumulations of floating plastic debris, mainly in coastal regions, the quantification of individual macroplastic objects (>50 cm) remains challenging.
Robin de Vries +3 more
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Assessing Zayandeh-Rud Coasts Pollution with Plastic Wastes Based on Clean-Coast Index [PDF]
محیط زیست و مهندسی آبPlastic pollution is an important emerging environmental problem with possible impacts on biodiversity and human health. Although the majority of the scholarly attention in this field has been directed to oceans, plastic pollution has not been fully ...
Mokarrameh Behmanesh +2 more
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Characterization and spatial distribution of mesoplastics in an arable soil
European Journal of Soil ScienceAbstract Extraction of plastic particles from soil is challenging and, thus, exceptionally little spatial information on plastic distribution at the field scale has been gathered. However, for environmental risk assessment, adequate sampling should complement coherent plastic profiling.
Kristof Dorau +9 more
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Preliminary Study of Distribution and Quantity of Plastic-debris on Beaches Along the Coast at Phuket Province [PDF]
Applied Environmental Research, 2019 The beach sediment samples from Kalim, Tri Trang, and Patong Beaches, Phuket Province, southern of Thailand were collected for preliminary investigation on coastal debris.
Pensiri Akkajit +3 more
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Jurnal Kesehatan LingkunganIntroduction: Recently micro and mesoplastic pollution has increased attention regarding food safety issues as they are present in marine organisms. However, limited studies reported this contamination in processed seafood products.
Nurul Natasyah Hanafiah +1 more
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Macro and mesoplastics at Joaquina Beach, southern Brazil: a case study
Ocean and Coastal ResearchSandy beaches are ecologically important coastal ecosystems that are increasingly threatened by plastic pollution. This pollution disrupts their ecological balance and reduces their ability to provide ecosystem services.
Camila Kneubl Andreussi +4 more
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, 2023 In this study, we provided an overview of macro- and mesoplastic concentrations, categories, ages, and origin over several years in the water column of the river Waal, in the Netherlands.
Oswald, MSc S (Radboud University) ORCID=0009-0000-7296-8908
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Evaluation of riverine macro- and mesoplastic monitoring approaches. [PDF]
Environ Monit AssessAbstract Globally, plastic pollution in aquatic environments has become an emerging concern. A multitude of monitoring techniques have been used to collect information on the presence of macroplastics (> 25 mm) and mesoplastics (> 5 mm ≤ 25 mm) in river systems.
Oswald SB +4 more
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Settling of Mesoplastics in an Open-Channel Flow [PDF]
Energies, 2022 Pollution of water by plastic contaminants has received increasing attention, owing to its negative effects on ecosystems. Small plastic particles propagate in water and can travel long distances from the source of pollution. In order to research the settling motion of particles in water flow, a small-scale experiment was conducted, whereby spherical ...
Luka Kevorkijan +3 more
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