Wastewater Discharge Transports Riverine Microplastics over Long Distances - Chen, Cai; Cowger, Win; Nava, Veronica; van Emmerik, Tim H. M.; Leoni, Barbara; Guo, Zhao-feng; Liu, Dong; He, Yu-qin; Xu, Yao-yang (Environmental science & technology, 2024)
Keywords: Discharge; Environmental factors; Microplastics; Plastic debris; Plastic pollution; pollution; riparian areas; River basin development; River basins; Rivers; technology; wastewater; Wastewater discharges; Wastewater treatment; Wastewater treatment plants; Water pollution; watersheds; Waterways; Yangtze River; Yangtze River; microplastics; wastewater discharge; spatial dependence; the Yangtze River Basin; basin scale; upstream boundary