Plastic recycling plant as a point source of microplastics to sediment and macroinvertebrates in a remote stream
Abstract Microplastic is now ubiquitous in freshwater, sediment and biota, globally. This is as a consequence of inputs from, for example, waste mismanagement, effluents from wastewater treatment plants and surface runoff from agricultural areas. In this study, we investigated point source pollution...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Microplastics and Nanoplastics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-022-00045-z |