Microplastics in a small river: Occurrence and influencing factors along the river Oker, Northern Germany.
Microplastics point source
Plastic pollution
River catchment
Small stream
Wastewater treatment plant
Journal
Journal of contaminant hydrology
ISSN: 1873-6009
Titre abrégé: J Contam Hydrol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8805644
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
14 May 2024
14 May 2024
Historique:
received:
11
01
2024
revised:
22
04
2024
accepted:
13
05
2024
medline:
18
5
2024
pubmed:
18
5
2024
entrez:
17
5
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Much attention regarding the environmental pollution by plastics had focused on the Oceans. More recently, contamination of freshwater ecosystems has been addressed but information from smaller rivers in moderately populated catchments is still comparatively scarce. This study explored the microplastic (MP) occurrence in the small regional river Oker, Northern Germany (catchment area 1822 km
Identifiants
pubmed: 38759476
pii: S0169-7722(24)00070-6
doi: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2024.104366
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
104366Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.