Prevalence, Fate and Effects of Plastic in Freshwater Environments

Prevalence, Fate and Effects of Plastic in Freshwater Environments

Plastic (and microplastic) pollution has been described as one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time, and a hallmark of the human-driven epoch known as the Anthropocene. It has gained the attention of the general public, governments, and environmental scientists worldwide. To date, th...

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Other Authors: Khan, Farhan (Editor)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
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Research & information: general
plastics
plastic debris
African great lakes
freshwater
beach clean-up
citizen science
microplastic
Enchytraeus crypticus
enchytraeids
avoidance test
toxicity
oxidative stress
catalase
glutathione S-transferase
polyethylene
Tubifex tubifex
aquatic oligochetes
mortality
glutathione reductase
peroxidase
microplastic exposure
freshwater environments
microplastics
Africa
ingestion
Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
catfish (Bagrus Bajad)
fibers
ATR-FTIR spectroscopy
plastic pollution
oysters
Mississippi Sound
fluorescence microscopy
laser direct infrared analysis
LDIR
bulk water sampling
Bonnet Carré Spillway
dysbiosis
microbiome
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