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Ecotoxicological effects of microplastics in marine ecosystems (EPHEMARE): synthesis of results

Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) 2018
Ricardo Beiras García-Sabell, Steffen Keiter, Ronny Blust, Ronny Blust, Xavier Cousin, Marina Albentosa Verdú, Thomas Braunbeck, Francesco Regoli, Kathrin Köpke

Summary

Researchers conducted a headwaters-to-estuary survey of microplastics in Puget Sound river systems, quantifying particle abundances across the full fluvial continuum. Concentrations increased with downstream distance and urbanization, with estuarine receiving waters accumulating plastics transported by multiple tributary rivers.

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