Microplastic as a Vector for Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment: Critical Review and Model-Supported Reinterpretation of Empirical Studies

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3315-3326

  Koelmans, Albert A ^a   Bakir, Adil ^b   Burton, G Allen ^c   Janssen, Colin R ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; DESORPTION; HAZARDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYMERS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOACCUMULATION MODELS; CRITICAL EVALUATION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; WATER PARTITIONING;

ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BLACK CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CHEMICAL; MICROPLASTIC; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLASTIC; PLASTICIZER; SEA WATER; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; DESORPTION; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLASTIC; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ABSORPTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESORPTION; ECOTOXICITY; EMPIRICISM; FIELD STUDY; GILL; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS; INGESTION; LABORATORY; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; THEORETICAL STUDY; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLASTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84964307878     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b06069     Document Type: Review

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