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Paul A. Helm
32
Papers
1
Tier 1 Papers
3,687
Citations
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Papers (32)
Optimized Extraction Methods for Pristine and Aged Microplastics from Complex Water Samples
2025
ACS ES&T Water
3 citations
Fractionation of Anthropogenic Particles (Microplastics and Microfibers) along a 2200 km Transect of Canadian Sediments
2025
ACS ES&T Water
0 citations
Informing the Exposure Landscape: The Fate of Microplastics in a Large Pelagic In-Lake Mesocosm Experiment
2024
Environmental Science & Technology
19 citations
Size-Resolved Identification and Quantification of Micro/Nanoplastics in Indoor Air Using Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography–Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry
2024
Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
13 citations
A temporal record of microplastic accumulation in sediment cores of the Great Lakes, North America, reflects macroeconomic and regional influences
2024
FACETS
10 citations
Microplastics and Anthropogenic Particles in Recreationally Caught Freshwater Fish from an Urbanized Region of the North American Great Lakes
2024
Environmental Health Perspectives
10 citations
Facile detection of microplastics from a variety of environmental samples with conjugated polymer nanoparticles
2024
Environmental Science Advances
4 citations
Maternal exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics impacts developmental milestones and brain structure in mouse offspring
2023
Environmental Science Advances
41 citations
The influence of complex matrices on method performance in extracting and monitoring for microplastics
2023
Chemosphere
28 citations
Source-specific categorization of microplastics in nearshore surface waters of the Great Lakes
2023
Journal of Great Lakes Research
24 citations
Bromine Content Differentiates between Construction and Packaging Foams as Sources of Plastic and Microplastic Pollution
2023
ACS ES&T Water
20 citations
Size-resolved identification and quantification of micro/nano-plastics in indoor air using pyrolysis gas chromatography-ion mobility mass spectrometry
2023
3 citations
Maternal Exposure to Polystyrene Micro- and Nanoplastics Causes Fetal Growth Restriction in Mice
2022
Environmental Science & Technology Letters
93 citations
Maternal exposure to polystyrene microplastics alters placental metabolism in mice
2022
Metabolomics
81 citations
Runoff and discharge pathways of microplastics into freshwater ecosystems: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2022
FACETS
37 citations
Factors driving the spatial distribution of microplastics in nearshore and offshore sediment of Lake Huron, North America
2022
Marine Pollution Bulletin
29 citations
Local Monitoring Should Inform Local Solutions: Morphological Assemblages of Microplastics Are Similar within a Pathway, But Relative Total Concentrations Vary Regionally
2022
Environmental Science & Technology
29 citations
A fit-for-purpose categorization scheme for microplastic morphologies
2022
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
18 citations
Environmental Fate and Effects of Road Run-Off
2022
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
14 citations
The Tire Wear Compounds 6PPD-Quinone and 1,3-Diphenylguanidine in an Urban Watershed
2021
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
264 citations
Evidence of Microplastic Translocation in Wild-Caught Fish and Implications for Microplastic Accumulation Dynamics in Food Webs
2021
Environmental Science & Technology
250 citations
Microplastic contamination in Great Lakes fish
2021
Conservation Biology
92 citations
Microplastics entering northwestern Lake Ontario are diverse and linked to urban sources
2020
Water Research
387 citations
Sampling and Quality Assurance and Quality Control: A Guide for Scientists Investigating the Occurrence of Microplastics Across Matrices
2020
Applied Spectroscopy
333 citations
Microplastic and other anthropogenic microparticles in water and sediments of Lake Simcoe
2020
Journal of Great Lakes Research
89 citations
No evidence of spherical microplastics (10–300 μm) translocation in adult rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) after a two-week dietary exposure
2020
PLoS ONE
42 citations
Rapid fingerprinting of source and environmental microplastics using direct analysis in real time-high resolution mass spectrometry
2019
Analytica Chimica Acta
54 citations
Factors influencing microplastic abundances in nearshore, tributary and beach sediments along the Ontario shoreline of Lake Erie
2018
Journal of Great Lakes Research
85 citations
Impacts of temperature and selected chemical digestion methods on microplastic particles
2017
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
369 citations
Improving microplastics source apportionment: a role for microplastic morphology and taxonomy?
2017
Analytical Methods
145 citations
Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments
2016
Marine Pollution Bulletin
682 citations
Hidden plastics of Lake Ontario, Canada and their potential preservation in the sediment record
2015
Environmental Pollution
419 citations