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Abreu A, Pedrotti ML (2019) Microplastics in the oceans: the solutions lie on land. Field Actions
Sci Rep [Online], Special Issue 19
Alomar C, Estarellas F, Deudero S (2016) Microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea: deposition in
coastal shallow sediments, spatial variation and preferential grain size. Mar Environ Res
115:1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.01.005
Anderson PJ, Park BJ, Palace VP (2016) Microplastics in aquatic environments: implications for
Canadian ecosystems. Environ Pollut 218:269–280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.06.
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Anderson PJ, Warrack S, Langen V (2017) Microplastic contamination in Lake Winnipeg, Canada.
Environ Pollut 225:223–231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.02.072
Andrady AL (2011) Microplastics in the marine environment. Mar Pollut Bull 62(8):1596–1605.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.030
Andrady AL (2015) Persistence of plastic litter in the oceans. In: Bergmann M et al (eds) Marine
anthropogenic litter. Springer Open, Berlin, pp 57–72. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-31916510-3_3
Araujo CJ, Nolasco MM, Ribeiro AMP, Ribeiro-Claro PJA (2018) Identification of microplastics
using Raman spectroscopy: latest developments and future prospects. Water Res 142:426–440.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.05.060
Au Y, Bruce TF, Bridges WC, Klaine SJ (2015) Responses of Hyalella azteca to acute and chronic
microplastic exposures. Environ Toxicol Chem 34:2564–2572. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.3093
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
Bakir A, Rowland S, Thompson C (2014) Transport of persistent organic pollutants by
microplastics in estuarine conditions. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 140:14–21. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.ecss.2014.01.004
Ballent A, Corcoran PL, Madden O (2016) Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian lake
Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments. Mar Pollut Bull 110(1):383–395. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.037
Bergmann M, Wirzberger V, Krumpen T, Lorenz C et al (2017) High quantities of microplastic in
Arctic deep-sea sediments from the Hausgarten Observatory. Environ Sci Technol 51
(19):11000–11010. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b03331
Besseling E, Quik JT, Sun M (2017) Fate of nano-and microplastic in freshwater systems: a
modeling study. Environ Pollut 220:540–548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.001
Blarer P, Burkhardt-Holm P (2016) Microplastics affect assimilation efficiency in the freshwater
amphipod Gammarus fossarum. Environ Sci Pollut Res 23:23522–23532. https://doi.org/10.
1007/s11356-016-7584-2
Blumenröder J, Sechet P, Kakkonen JE et al (2017) Microplastic contamination of intertidal
sediments of Scapa Flow, Orkney: a first assessment. Mar Pollut Bull 124:112–120. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.009
Booth AM, Justynska J, Kubowicz S, Johnsen H, Frenzel M (2013) Influence of salinity, dissolved
organic carbon and particle chemistry on the aggregation behaviour of methacrylate-based
polymeric nanoparticles in aqueous environments. Int J Environ Pollut 52:15–31. https://doi.
org/10.1504/IJEP.2013.056358
Botterell ZLR, Beaumont N, Dorrington T, Steinke M, Thompson RC, Lindeque PK (2019)
Bioavailability and effects of microplastics on marine zooplankton: a review. Environ Pollut
245:98–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.065
Bouwmeester H, Hollman PCH, Peters RJB (2015) Potential health impact of environmentally
released micro- and nanoplastics in the human food production chain: experiences from
nanotoxicology. Environ Sci Technol 49:8932–8947. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b01090
34
V. Godoy et al.