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Investigations of plastic contamination of seawater, marine and coastal sediments in the Russian seas: a review
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
Twelve seas with an integral coastline length of about 38,000 km wash upon the Russian coasts. They belong to the basins of the Atlantic, the Arctic, and the Pacific Oceans and stretch over temperate, subpolar, and polar ...
Seasonal variation, polymer hazard risk and controlling factors of microplastics in beach sediments along the southeast coast of India
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
Microplastics (MPs) and its associated organic and inorganic contaminants are one among the significant health hazards to almost all biota, including human. We investigated the polymer hazard risk and its adsorbed contaminants ...
Prevalence of microplastics in the marine waters of Qatar
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
Microplastics are firmly recognized as a ubiquitous and growing threat to marine biota and their associated marine habitats worldwide. The evidence of the prevalence of microplastics was documented for the first time in ...
Seasonal variation and spatial distribution of microplastic pellets and their associated contaminants along the central east coast of India
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2023 , Article)
Microplastic pellets (MPPs) are one of the significant sources of plastic pollution on shorelines worldwide. In this study, for the first time, we have examined the occurrence of MPPs and their spatial and seasonal ...
Microplastics in different environmental compartments in India: Analytical methods, distribution, associated contaminants and research needs
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2020 , Article)
This study aims at reviewing the scientific literature related to microplastic (MP) pollution in various environmental matrices in India and highlighting the research gaps for future research priorities. Currently used ...
Assessment of potential ecological risk of microplastics in the coastal sediments of India: A meta-analysis
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
Abundance, chemical composition and ecological risk of microplastics (MPs) in terrestrial and marine environments have merited substantial attention from the research communities. This is the first attempt to comprehend ...
A new method for analyzing microplastic particle size distribution in marine environmental samples
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Institute for Biodiversity and Ecology
, 2019 , Article)
Microplastics (MPs) are recognized as a global emerging threat to aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity worldwide. Though the number of publications and interest to the MP research have been increased rapidly, it is still ...