Urbanization is a major influence on microplastic ingestion by sunfish in the Brazos River Basin, Central Texas, USA

Peters, Colleen A.; Bratton, Susan Power

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2016.01.018

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“…Despite the attention to plastic pollution and the potential harm it causes in the environment, to date no proper environmental risk assessment (ERA) framework is available for this anthropogenic pollutant. So far, microplastics have been found to be ingested by freshwater organisms such as fish [31][32][33] and mud snails [34] (see [8] for further detail). However, effect assessments are scarcely done for freshwater species [16,17].…”

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Modeling the Fate and Transport of Plastic Debris in Freshwaters: Review and Guidance

Kooi

Besseling

Kroeze

et al. 2017

The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

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Contamination with plastic debris has been recognized as one of today's major environmental quality problems. Because most of the sources are land based, concerns are increasingly focused on the freshwater and terrestrial environment. Fate and transport models for plastic debris can complement information from measurements and will play an important role in the prospective risk assessment of plastic debris. We review the present knowledge with respect to fate and transport modeling of plastic debris in freshwater catchment areas, focusing especially on nano-and microplastics. Starting with a brief overview of theory and models for nonplastic particles, we discuss plastic-specific properties, processes, and existing mass-balance-, multimedia-, and spatiotemporally explicit fate models. We find that generally many theoretical and conceptual approaches from This chapter has been externally peer reviewed.The original version of this chapter was revised. An erratum to this chapter can be found at DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-61615-5_14. models developed earlier for other types of (low density) particles apply also to plastic debris. A unique feature of plastic debris, however, is its combination of high persistence, low density, and extremely wide size distribution, ranging from the nanometer to the >cm scale. This causes the system behavior of plastic debris to show a far wider variety than most other materials or chemicals. We provide recommendations for further development of these models and implications and guidance for how fate and transport models can be used in a framework for the tiered risk assessment of plastic debris.

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Modeling the Fate and Transport of Plastic Debris in Freshwaters: Review and Guidance

Kooi

Besseling

Kroeze

et al. 2017

The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

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“…2). Given that there were still a considerable number of particles found 17 at this site there may be an alternative anthropogenic influence, for example airborne contamination (Peters and Bratton, 2016) or agricultural runoff (e.g. from plastic mulching) (Rillig, 2012).…”

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Large microplastic particles in sediments of tributaries of the River Thames, UK – Abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification

Horton

Svendsen

Williams

et al. 2017

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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Lahive, Elma. 2017. Large microplastic particles in sediments of tributaries of the River Thames, UK -abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification.Contact CEH NORA team at noraceh@ceh.ac.ukThe NERC and CEH trademarks and logos ('the Trademarks') are registered trademarks of NERC in the UK and other countries, and may not be used without the prior written consent of the Trademark owner.  Many fragments derived from road marking paints -a previously undescribed source. Efficient methods developed for separating large microplastic particles from sediment. Inputs and behaviour of microplastics are varied and complex to predict . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 2 AbstractSewage effluent input and population were chosen as predictors of microplastic presence in sediments at four sites in the River Thames basin (UK). Large microplastic particles (1 mm -4 mm)were extracted using a stepwise approach to include visual extraction, flotation and identification using Raman spectroscopy. Microplastics were found at all four sites. One site had significantly higher numbers of microplastics than other sites, average 66 particles 100 g -1 , 91% of which were fragments. This site was downstream of a storm drain outfall receiving urban runoff; many of the fragments at this site were determined to be derived of thermoplastic road-surface marking paints.At the remaining three sites, fibres were the dominant particle type. The most common polymers identified included polypropylene, polyester and polyarylsulphone. This study describes two major new findings: presence of microplastic particles in a UK freshwater system and identification of road marking paints as a source of microplastics. CapsuleThis study is the first to quantify microplastics of any size in river sediments in the UK and links their presence to terrestrial sources including sewage and road marking paints.

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“…In recent years, the occurrence of microplastics has been documented in several lakes and rivers (Eriksen et al, 2013;Castaneda et al, 2014;Yonkos et al, 2014). To date, however, field studies have only reported microplastic burden in limited freshwater organisms (Faure et al, 2015;Peters and Bratton, 2016).…”

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Microplastics in Taihu Lake, China

Xue

et al. 2016

Environmental Pollution

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Urbanization is a major influence on microplastic ingestion by sunfish in the Brazos River Basin, Central Texas, USA

Cited by 367 publications

References 21 publications

Modeling the Fate and Transport of Plastic Debris in Freshwaters: Review and Guidance

Modeling the Fate and Transport of Plastic Debris in Freshwaters: Review and Guidance

Large microplastic particles in sediments of tributaries of the River Thames, UK – Abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification

Microplastics in Taihu Lake, China

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