Impact and Fate of Microplastics in the Riverine Ecosystem

Dhruba Jyoti Sarkar; Soma Das Sarkar; Santanu Mukherjee; Basanta Kumar Das

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-4599-3_4

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Impact and Fate of Microplastics in the Riverine Ecosystem

Springer transactions in civil and environmental engineering 2020 21 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.

Dhruba Jyoti Sarkar, Soma Das Sarkar, Santanu Mukherjee, Basanta Kumar Das

Summary

Researchers reviewed the fate, transport, and ecological impacts of microplastics in riverine ecosystems, finding that rivers serve as major conduits for microplastic transfer from terrestrial sources to oceans and that riverine biota face significant exposure-related health risks.

In the recent decade, there is a global concern regarding the abundance of microplastics (MPs) and their ill effects in natural ecosystems. Due to their ill effects towards aquatic biota and possible hazards to human health, MPs are included in the class of...

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