Towards more ecologically relevant investigations of the impacts of microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 792; p. 148507
• Main Authors: Ockenden, Amy, Tremblay, Louis A., Dikareva, Nadia, Simon, Kevin S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 20.10.2021
• Subjects: Aquatic; Ecology; Ecotoxicology; environment; freshwater; habitats; microplastics; Organisms; Particles; Plastic; pollution; taxonomy; Organisms; Plastic; Ecology; Ecotoxicology; Aquatic; Particles

Microplastic pollution is a major environmental concern and the subject of a rapidly growing body of research. Much of this research has focused on the direct effects of microplastics on single species and there is limited information on how microplastics affect different functional groups of organi...