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Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems: what we know and what we need to know

2014; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 26; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s12302-014-0012-7

2190-4715

Martin Wagner, Christian Scherer, Diana Álvarez‐Muñoz, Nicole Brennholt, Xavier Bourrain, Sebastian Buchinger, Elke Fries, Cécile Grosbois, Jörg Klasmeier, Teresa Sordé Martí, Sara Rodríguez‐Mozaz, Ralph Urbatzka, A. Dick Vethaak, Margrethe Winther-Nielsen, Georg Reifferscheid,

Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

While the use of plastic materials has generated huge societal benefits, the 'plastic age' comes with downsides: One issue of emerging concern is the accumulation of plastics in the aquatic environment. Here, so-called microplastics (MP), fragments smaller than 5 mm, are of special concern because they can be ingested throughout the food web more readily than larger particles. Focusing on freshwater MP, we briefly review the state of the science to identify gaps of knowledge and deduce research needs.