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Microplastics and attached microorganisms in sediments of the Vitória bay estuarine system in SE Brazil
José Antônio Baptista Neto,Christine Gaylarde,Iwona Beech,Alex Cardoso Bastos,Valéria da Silva Quaresma,Diego Gomes de Carvalho +5 more
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In this article, the authors investigated the concentration of microplastic in the benthic sediment of Vitoria Bay estuarine system (SVB), SE Brazil, using scanning electron micrographs.About:
This article is published in Ocean & Coastal Management.The article was published on 2019-03-01. It has received 80 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Microplastics & Bay.read more
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Dangerous hitchhikers? evidence for potentially pathogenic vibrio spp. on microplastic particles
TL;DR: This study confirms the indicated occurrence of potentially pathogenic Vibrio bacteria on marine microplastics and highlights the urgent need for detailed biogeographical analyses of marinemicroplastics.
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Micro- and nano-plastics in marine environment: Source, distribution and threats - A review.
TL;DR: In vitro and in vivo experiments have demonstrated that NPs have the potential to penetrate different biological barriers including the gastrointestinal barrier and the brain blood barrier and have been detected in many important organs such as brains, the circulation system and livers of sampled animals.
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Marine Plastic Debris: A New Surface for Microbial Colonization.
Robyn J. Wright,Gabriel Erni-Cassola,Vinko Zadjelovic,Mira Latva,Joseph Alexander Christie-Oleza,Joseph Alexander Christie-Oleza +5 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that research so far has not shown Plastisphere communities to starkly differ from microbial communities on other inert surfaces, which is particularly true for mature biofilm assemblages.
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Microplastics provide new microbial niches in aquatic environments
Yuyi Yang,Wenzhi Liu,Zulin Zhang,Hans-Peter Grossart,Hans-Peter Grossart,Geoffrey M. Gadd,Geoffrey M. Gadd +6 more
TL;DR: More knowledge is required on the microbial community composition of microplastic biofilms and their ecological functions in order to better evaluate consequences for the environment and animal health, including humans, especially since the worldwide abundance ofmicroplastics is predicted to dramatically increase.
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COVID-19 pandemic repercussions on plastic and antiviral polymeric textile causing pollution on beaches and coasts of South America.
M.G. Ardusso,A.D. Forero-López,Natalia Sol Buzzi,Carla Vanesa Spetter,Melisa Daiana Fernández-Severini +4 more
TL;DR: Reflections and perspectives are provided on how the COVID-19 pandemic can aggravate plastic pollution on beaches and coastal environments, consequently increasing the damage to marine species in the coming years.
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Microplastics in the marine environment
TL;DR: The mechanisms of generation and potential impacts of microplastics in the ocean environment are discussed, and the increasing levels of plastic pollution of the oceans are understood, it is important to better understand the impact of microPlastic in the Ocean food web.
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Lost at sea: where is all the plastic?
Richard C. Thompson,Ylva S. Olsen,Richard P. Mitchell,Anthony Davis,Steven J. Rowland,Anthony W. G. John,Daniel F. McGonigle,Andrea E. Russell +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown that microscopic plastic fragments and fibers are also widespread in the marine environment and may persist for centuries.
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Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments.
TL;DR: Global plastics production and the accumulation of plastic waste are documented, showing that trends in mega- and macro-plastic accumulation rates are no longer uniformly increasing and that the average size of plastic particles in the environment seems to be decreasing.
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Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: a review.
TL;DR: Ingestion of microplastics has been demonstrated in a range of marine organisms, a process which may facilitate the transfer of chemical additives or hydrophobic waterborne pollutants to biota.
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Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea
Marcus Eriksen,Laurent Lebreton,Henry S. Carson,Martin Thiel,Charles J. Moore,Jose C. Borerro,François Galgani,Peter G. Ryan,Julia Reisser +8 more
TL;DR: The total number of plastic particles and their weight floating in the world's oceans is estimated from 24 expeditions across all five sub-tropical gyres, costal Australia, Bay of Bengal and the Mediterranean Sea conducting surface net tows and visual survey transects of large plastic debris.