Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 586, Issue , 2017, Pages 127-141

  Horton, Alice A ^a,b   Walton, Alexander ^a,c   Spurgeon, David J ^a   Lahive, Elma ^a   Svendsen, Claus ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hazard; Litter; Nanoplastics; Plastic pollution; Rivers; Soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; HAZARDS; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SOILS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LITTER; NANOPLASTICS; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

WATER;

PLASTIC; PLASTICIZER;

AGRICULTURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASTIC WASTE; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAND BIOME; LEACHING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 85011419312     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.190     Document Type: Review

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