Microplastics: Addressing ecological risk through lessons learned

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 945-953

  Syberg, Kristian ^a   Khan, Farhan R ^a   Selck, Henriette ^a   Palmqvist, Annemette ^a   Banta, Gary T ^a   Daley, Jennifer ^b   Sano, Larissa ^b   Duhaime, Melissa B ^b  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological risk; Microplastics; Mixture toxicity; Nanoparticles; Vector effects

Indexed keywords

MICROPLASTIC; MIXTURES; NANOPARTICLES; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; MICROPLASTICS; MIXTURE TOXICITY; VECTOR EFFECTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASBESTOS; CARBON NANOTUBE; CUPRIC ION; MICROPLASTIC; NANOPARTICLE; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; PLASTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; DENSITY; ECOLOGY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PLANKTON; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLASTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84928140875     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2914     Document Type: Article

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