Concentration of microplastics in bivalves of the environment: a systematic review

• Published in: Environmental monitoring and assessment Vol. 193; no. 12; p. 846
• Main Authors: Bom, Fabio Cavalca, Sá, Fabian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animals; Antarctica; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Bivalvia; Brackishwater environment; Crassostrea; digestion; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Management; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental science; Estuaries; Freshwater; Freshwater environments; Inland water environment; Marine molluscs; Methods; Microplastics; Mollusks; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Mussels; Mytilus; Northern Hemisphere; Organisms; Oysters; Plastic debris; Plastic pollution; Plastics; Polymers; Shellfish; Southern Hemisphere; Species; systematic review; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Antarctica; Biomonitoring; Mussels; Seafood; Microplastics; Oysters; Bivalves; Environmental monitoring

The aim of this review was to identify the current knowledge regarding the concentration of microplastics in bivalves in the marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments. For this purpose, researches were conducted from September 2020 to February 2021 in the Scopus, Web of Science, and Google scho...