Plastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems: macro-, meso-, and microplastic debris in a floodplain lake

• Published in: Environmental monitoring and assessment Vol. 189; no. 11; p. 581
• Main Authors: Blettler, Martin C. M., Ulla, Maria Alicia, Rabuffetti, Ana Pia, Garello, Nicolás
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.11.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic ecosystems; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; bags; beaches; Biodiversity; bottles; Climate change; decision making; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Management; Floodplains; Food contamination; Fresh water; Freshwater; Freshwater ecosystems; Freshwater lakes; human health; Inland water environment; International organizations; Laboratories; Lakes; Low density polyethylenes; Microplastics; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Oceans; Plastic debris; Plastic pollution; plastics; pollutants; Pollution; Polyethylene terephthalate; polyethylene terephthalates; Polypropylene; polypropylenes; Polystyrene; Polystyrene resins; polystyrenes; Resins; Rivers; Sediment; Sediments; shorelines; Spatial distribution; Stainless steel; Styrofoam; Surveys; United Nations Environment Programme; wastes; Watersheds; Macro-, meso-, and microplastic; Floodplain lake; FT-IR spectrophotometer; Endanger environment; Plastic pollution

Plastic pollution is considered an important environmental problem by the United Nations Environment Programme, and it is identified, alongside climate change, as an emerging issue that might affect biological diversity and human health. However, despite research efforts investigating plastics in oc...