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when it comes to adopt proper solid waste management practices. It is therefore time
to not only reduce, reuse, and recycle plastics but also to refuse them such that in the
decades to come the scale of microplastic pollution can be lowered.
References
1. Amrutha K, Warrier AK (2020) The first report on the source-to-sink characterization of
microplastic pollution from a riverine environment in tropical India. Sci Total Environ
739:140377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140377
2. Andrady LA (2011) Microplastics in the marine environment. Mar Pollut Bull 62(8):1596–
1605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.030
3. Ashwini SK, Varghese GK (2019) Environmental forensic analysis of the microplastic pollution at Nattika Beach, Kerala. Environ Forensics 5922. https://doi.org/10.1080/15275922.
2019.1693442
4. Athawuda AMGAD, Jayasiri HB, Thushari GGN et al (2020) Quantification and morphological characterization of plastic litter (0.30–100 mm) in surface waters ofoff Colombo, west
coast of Sri Lanka. Environ Monit Assess 192:509. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-084
72-2
5. Auta HS, Emenike CU, Fauziah SH (2017) Distribution and importance of microplastics in
the marine environment: a review of the sources, fate, effects, and potential solutions. Environ
Int 102:165–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2017.02.013
6. Balasubramaniam M, Phillott AD (2016) Preliminary observations of microplastics from
beaches in the Indian ocean. Indian Ocean Turtle Newslett 23:13–16
7. Balli JJ, Chakraborty SK, Jaiswar AK (2006) Biology of Bombay duck, Harpodon nehereus
(Ham., 1822), from Mumbai waters. India J Indian Fish Assoc 33:1–10
8. Barnes DKA, Galgani F, Thompson RC, Barlaz M (2009) Accumulation and fragmentation
of plastic debris in global environments. Philos T R Soc B Biol Sci 364:1985–1998. https://
doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0205
9. Begum AHN, Kumar SS, Krishnan KG, Srinivasa M (2020) Distribution of microplastics
in estuarine sediments along tamilnadu coast, Bay of Bengal, India. Int J Sci Res Eng Tr
6(2):814–821
10. Bellas J, Martínez-Armental J, Martínez-Cámara A, Besada V, Martínez-Gómez C (2016)
Ingestion of microplastics by demersal fish from the Spanish Atlantic and Mediterranean
coasts. Mar Pollut Bull 109(1):55–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.026
11. Besseling E, Wegner A, Foekema EM, Van Den Heuvel-Greve MJ, Koelmans AA (2013)
Effects of microplastic on fitness and PCB bioaccumulation by the lugworm Arenicola marina
(L.). Environ Sci Technol 47(1):593–600. https://doi.org/10.1021/es302763x
12. Bharath KM, Srinivasalu S, Natesan U, Ayyamperumal R, Kalam NS, Anbalagan S et al (2021)
Chemosphere Microplastics as an emerging threat to the freshwater ecosystems of Veeranam
lake in south India: a multidimensional approach. Chemosphere 264:128502. https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128502
13. Bhattacharya P, Lin S, Turner JP, Ke PC (2010) Physical adsorption of charged plastic nanoparticles affects algal photosynthesis. J Phys Chem C 114(39):16556–16561. https://doi.org/10.
1021/jp1054759
14. Boerger CM, Lattin GL, Moore SL, Moore CJ (2010) Plastic ingestion by planktivorous fishes
in the North Pacific Central Gyre. Mar Pollut Bull 60(12):2275–2278. https://doi.org/10.1016/
j.marpolbul.2010.08.007
15. Boucher J, Friot D (2017) Primary microplastics in the Oceans: a global evaluation of sources.
IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2017.01.en
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when it comes to adopt proper solid waste management practices. It is therefore time
to not only reduce, reuse, and recycle plastics but also to refuse them such that in the
decades to come the scale of microplastic pollution can be lowered.
References
1. Amrutha K, Warrier AK (2020) The first report on the source-to-sink characterization of
microplastic pollution from a riverine environment in tropical India. Sci Total Environ
739:140377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140377
2. Andrady LA (2011) Microplastics in the marine environment. Mar Pollut Bull 62(8):1596–
1605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.030
3. Ashwini SK, Varghese GK (2019) Environmental forensic analysis of the microplastic pollution at Nattika Beach, Kerala. Environ Forensics 5922. https://doi.org/10.1080/15275922.
2019.1693442
4. Athawuda AMGAD, Jayasiri HB, Thushari GGN et al (2020) Quantification and morphological characterization of plastic litter (0.30–100 mm) in surface waters ofoff Colombo, west
coast of Sri Lanka. Environ Monit Assess 192:509. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-084
72-2
5. Auta HS, Emenike CU, Fauziah SH (2017) Distribution and importance of microplastics in
the marine environment: a review of the sources, fate, effects, and potential solutions. Environ
Int 102:165–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2017.02.013
6. Balasubramaniam M, Phillott AD (2016) Preliminary observations of microplastics from
beaches in the Indian ocean. Indian Ocean Turtle Newslett 23:13–16
7. Balli JJ, Chakraborty SK, Jaiswar AK (2006) Biology of Bombay duck, Harpodon nehereus
(Ham., 1822), from Mumbai waters. India J Indian Fish Assoc 33:1–10
8. Barnes DKA, Galgani F, Thompson RC, Barlaz M (2009) Accumulation and fragmentation
of plastic debris in global environments. Philos T R Soc B Biol Sci 364:1985–1998. https://
doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0205
9. Begum AHN, Kumar SS, Krishnan KG, Srinivasa M (2020) Distribution of microplastics
in estuarine sediments along tamilnadu coast, Bay of Bengal, India. Int J Sci Res Eng Tr
6(2):814–821
10. Bellas J, Martínez-Armental J, Martínez-Cámara A, Besada V, Martínez-Gómez C (2016)
Ingestion of microplastics by demersal fish from the Spanish Atlantic and Mediterranean
coasts. Mar Pollut Bull 109(1):55–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.026
11. Besseling E, Wegner A, Foekema EM, Van Den Heuvel-Greve MJ, Koelmans AA (2013)
Effects of microplastic on fitness and PCB bioaccumulation by the lugworm Arenicola marina
(L.). Environ Sci Technol 47(1):593–600. https://doi.org/10.1021/es302763x
12. Bharath KM, Srinivasalu S, Natesan U, Ayyamperumal R, Kalam NS, Anbalagan S et al (2021)
Chemosphere Microplastics as an emerging threat to the freshwater ecosystems of Veeranam
lake in south India: a multidimensional approach. Chemosphere 264:128502. https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128502
13. Bhattacharya P, Lin S, Turner JP, Ke PC (2010) Physical adsorption of charged plastic nanoparticles affects algal photosynthesis. J Phys Chem C 114(39):16556–16561. https://doi.org/10.
1021/jp1054759
14. Boerger CM, Lattin GL, Moore SL, Moore CJ (2010) Plastic ingestion by planktivorous fishes
in the North Pacific Central Gyre. Mar Pollut Bull 60(12):2275–2278. https://doi.org/10.1016/
j.marpolbul.2010.08.007
15. Boucher J, Friot D (2017) Primary microplastics in the Oceans: a global evaluation of sources.
IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2017.01.en