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Microplastics in Aquatic Systems: Sources, Accumulation, Environmental Impact and Mitigation Strategies

2025 19 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Kurapati Nagendrasai, Kurapati Nagendrasai, Adnan Amin, Saurav Kumar

Summary

This review synthesizes how microplastics enter aquatic ecosystems, where they accumulate, and what harm they cause to wildlife and water quality — while also evaluating mitigation strategies, highlighting that both primary sources like microbeads and secondary sources like degrading plastic waste need to be addressed.

Microplastics (MPs), plastic particles smaller than 5 mm, are a growing environmental threat, particularly in aquatic ecosystems. They originate from direct manufacturing (primary MPs) or the degradation of larger plastics (secondary MPs). MPs are now found in...

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