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Alice A. Horton
Researcher at National Oceanography Centre
Publications - 35
Citations - 4307
Alice A. Horton is an academic researcher from National Oceanography Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Microplastics & Biology. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 31 publications receiving 2270 citations. Previous affiliations of Alice A. Horton include National Oceanography Centre, Southampton & Leiden University.
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Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities.
TL;DR: This review critically evaluates the current literature on the presence, behaviour and fate of microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments and, where appropriate, draws on relevant studies from other fields including nanotechnology, agriculture and waste management.
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Large microplastic particles in sediments of tributaries of the River Thames, UK - Abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification.
TL;DR: This study is the first to quantify microplastics of any size in river sediments in the UK and links their presence to terrestrial sources including sewage and road marking paints.
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Microplastics: An introduction to environmental transport processes
Alice A. Horton,Simon Dixon +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the background knowledge surrounding sources, fate and transport of microplastics within the environment is given, and a new "Plastic Cycle" concept is introduced to better understand the processes influencing flux and retention of micro-plastics between and across a wide range of environmental matrices.
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A large-scale investigation of microplastic contamination: Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in European beach sediment.
TL;DR: This research is the first large spatial-scale analysis of microplastics on European beaches giving insights into the nature and extent of the microplastic challenge.
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A catchment-scale perspective of plastic pollution.
Fredric M. Windsor,Fredric M. Windsor,Isabelle Durance,Alice A. Horton,Richard C. Thompson,Charles R. Tyler,Steve J. Ormerod +6 more
TL;DR: The transport and effects of plastics across terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments are reviewed, focusing on hydrological catchments as well‐defined landscape units that provide an integrating scale at which plastic pollution can be investigated and managed.