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Aquatic Microplastics

Aquatic Microplastics is a class of environmental contaminants consisting of synthetic polymer particles under 5 mm in size that originate from the fragmentation or direct release of plastic materials into freshwater and marine systems, distinguished by their persistent, bioavailable, and ecotoxicological characteristics in aquatic environments.

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Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) as a Source of Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment

Fionn Murphy, Ciaran Ewins, Frederic Carbonnier et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 2016 · 2K citations

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Occurrence of microplastics in the gastrointestinal tract of pelagic and demersal fish from the English Channel

Amy Lusher, Matthew McHugh, Richard C. Thompson · Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2012 · 2K citations

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Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

Marcus Eriksen, Sherri A. Mason, Stiv Wilson et al. · Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2013 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems: what we know and what we need to know

Martin Wagner, Christian Scherer, Diana Álvarez‐Muñoz et al. · Environmental Sciences Europe · 2014 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Trophic level transfer of microplastic: Mytilus edulis (L.) to Carcinus maenas (L.)

Paul Farrell, Kathryn Nelson · Environmental Pollution · 2013 · 1.5K citations

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  1. JW
    Jun Wang

    South China Agricultural University, China

    24 publications · 5.8K citations

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  2. HS
    Huahong Shi

    East China Normal University, China

    24 publications · 8.5K citations

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  3. AA
    Albert A. Koelmans

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    19 publications · 5.6K citations

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  4. CM
    Chelsea M. Rochman

    University of Toronto, Canada

    23 publications · 4.1K citations

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  5. CW
    Chenxi Wu

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    17 publications · 4K citations

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    65 h-index

    439 publications

    63.9K citations

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    49 h-index

    170 publications

    24K citations

  3. East China Normal University

    Shanghai, China

    43 h-index

    173 publications

    47.5K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    38 h-index

    187 publications

    29.6K citations

  5. Institute of Oceanology

    Qingdao, China

    28 h-index

    153 publications

    17.3K citations

  6. Shanghai Ocean University

    Shanghai, China

    28 h-index

    176 publications

    12.3K citations

  7. Ministry of Natural Resources

    Beijing, China

    26 h-index

    126 publications

    10.5K citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    25 h-index

    74 publications

    9K citations

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  1. Environmental Pollution

    250 publications · 41.5K citations

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  2. Marine Pollution Bulletin

    299 publications · 34.3K citations

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  3. The Science of The Total Environment

    342 publications · 34.9K citations

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  4. Chemosphere

    117 publications · 10.8K citations

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  5. Journal of Hazardous Materials

    106 publications · 7.8K citations

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