Modelling the transfer and accumulation of microplastics in a riverine freshwater food web

Modelling the transfer and accumulation of microplastics in a riverine freshwater food web

Microplastics are a pervasive pollutant of aquatic ecosystems and are reported to interact with a wide range of aquatic biota. The complexities of natural food webs means that the transfer and accumulation of microplastics is difficult to assess, and only a handful of studies have attempted to quant...

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Main Authors: James D. O'Connor, Heather T. Lally, Albert A. Koelmans, Anne Marie Mahon, Ian O'Connor, Róisín Nash, John J. O'Sullivan, Michael Bruen, Linda Heerey, Sinéad Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Environmental Advances
Subjects:
Freshwater ecology
Trophic transfer
Food web modelling
Biomagnification
Plastic pollution
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266676572200028X

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