Occurrence of Microplastics in the Asian Freshwater Environments: A Review
Microplastics pollution has become a worldwide common problem. Despite the growing numbers in researches regarding the microplastics, the understanding of microplastics in the freshwater environment are still less. This paper overviews the present knowledge and findings on the occurrence of micropl...
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Microplastics pollution has become a worldwide common problem. Despite the growing numbers in researches regarding the microplastics, the understanding of microplastics in the freshwater environment are still less. This paper overviews the present knowledge and findings on the occurrence of microplastics in water and sediment of the freshwater environments in Asia. The review also covers the size distribution, polymers, morphological characteristics and sources of microplastics to the freshwater systems. Perspective of the adsorption of heavy metals on the microplastics to the freshwater systems are also discussed in this review.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c93de76e39d8424ebacbf18c511f4f0b2022-12-22T01:37:40ZengEnvironmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn UniversityApplied Environmental Research2287-07412287-075X2022-04-01442Occurrence of Microplastics in the Asian Freshwater Environments: A ReviewFarah Akmal Idrus0Noradriena Mohd Fadhli1Mohd Nasarudin Harith2Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Sarawak, MalaysiaFaculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Sarawak, MalaysiaFaculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Sarawak, Malaysia Microplastics pollution has become a worldwide common problem. Despite the growing numbers in researches regarding the microplastics, the understanding of microplastics in the freshwater environment are still less. This paper overviews the present knowledge and findings on the occurrence of microplastics in water and sediment of the freshwater environments in Asia. The review also covers the size distribution, polymers, morphological characteristics and sources of microplastics to the freshwater systems. Perspective of the adsorption of heavy metals on the microplastics to the freshwater systems are also discussed in this review. https://ph01-ohno.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/aer/article/view/248265MicroplasticsHeavy metals adsorptionFreshwater environmentPlastic pollution |
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| title | Occurrence of Microplastics in the Asian Freshwater Environments: A Review |
| title_full | Occurrence of Microplastics in the Asian Freshwater Environments: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Occurrence of Microplastics in the Asian Freshwater Environments: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Occurrence of Microplastics in the Asian Freshwater Environments: A Review |
| title_short | Occurrence of Microplastics in the Asian Freshwater Environments: A Review |
| title_sort | occurrence of microplastics in the asian freshwater environments a review |
| topic | Microplastics Heavy metals adsorption Freshwater environment Plastic pollution |
| url | https://ph01-ohno.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/aer/article/view/248265 |
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