Fate of nano- and microplastic in freshwater systems: A modeling study

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 220, Issue , 2017, Pages 540-548

  Besseling, Ellen ^a   Quik, Joris T K ^a,b   Sun, Muzhi ^a   Koelmans, Albert A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fate modeling; Freshwater; Microplastic; Nanoplastic; Particle transport; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BENTONITE; BIOFILMS; EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SEDIMENTATION; WATER;

ATTACHMENT EFFICIENCY; FATE MODEL; FRESHWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NANOPLASTIC; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; POLYSTYRENE PARTICLE; SUB-MICRON PARTICLES;

MICROPLASTIC;

BENTONITE; FRESH WATER; KAOLIN; NANOPARTICLE; PLASTIC; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FRESHWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DENSITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENSION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVER; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85000671239     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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