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Separations, 2022 Microplastic pollution in the ocean has a major impact on marine organisms, including digestive system damage and reduced growth and fertility. This study investigated the amount, size, color, type, and presence of heads and intestines of microplastics ...
Heejung Yoon +3 more
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Animals, 2023 Monitoring strategies are becoming increasingly important as microplastic contamination increases. To find potentially suitable organisms and sites for biota monitoring in the German Wadden Sea, we collected invertebrates (n = 1585), fish (n = 310), and ...
Laura Polt +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Heavy metal (HM) pollution in the marine environment has been of concern for decades. The potential impact of HMs carried by emerging marine pollutants such as microplastics (MPs) has attracted attention only in recent years.
Yi Cong +14 more
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Development of Microplastic Research in ASEAN [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Microplastic research is currently an exciting trend along with global environmental problems. The purpose of this study is to review the development of microplastic research in ASEAN.
Khodijah, Habibah Sayyidah Nur
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 Alkyl-PAHs are the predominant form of PAHs in crude oils which are supposed to demonstrate different toxicities compared to non-alkyl PAHs. Little information is available about the toxicity of alkyl-PAHs on marine Artemia.
Yi Cong +6 more
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Microplastic Abundance in Telebralia at Mangrove Forest Pulau Panjang, Serang-Banten [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 This research investigated the abundance and the type of microplastic pollution in Telebralia collected at mangrove forest in Pulau Panjang. In total of 60 Telebralia consist of 30 Telebralia palustris and 30 Telebralia sulcata were collected.
Siahaan Christina Putri +1 more
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Detection of microplastics in human colectomy specimens
JGH Open, 2021 Background and Aim While dietary exposure to microplastics is increasingly recognized, it is unknown if ingested plastics remain within the digestive tract. We aimed to examine human colectomy specimens for microplastics and to report the characteristics
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim +12 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2023 Ecosystems experience strong microplastic pollution and the ecological impacts of microplastic pollution have received increasing attention. While an ecosystem can be contaminated by different numbers of microplastics, no study has tested the impacts of ...
Lin-Xuan He +6 more
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Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2021 Microplastic pollutes water, land, air, and groundwater environments not only visually but also ecologically for plants, animals, and humans. Microplastic has been reported to act as vectors by sorbing pollutants and contributing to the bioaccumulation ...
Tan Suet May Amelia +5 more
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Microplastic occurrence in fish species from the Iquitos region in Peru, western Amazonia [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2023 The contamination of aquatic environments by microplastic has become a major threat to biodiversity. The presence of microplastic is documented in the aquatic fauna of the oceans, but, in the Amazon basin, reports on microplastic occurrence are few.
Rommel R. ROJAS +15 more
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