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10.1016/j.envpol.2017.10.057
De Sá LC, Oliveira M, Ribeiro F, Rocha TL, Futter MN (2018) Studies of the effects of
microplastics on aquatic organisms: what do we know and where should we focus our efforts
in the future? Science of the Total Environment Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.
2018.07.207
Dehaut A, Cassone AL, Frère L, Paul-Pont I (2016) Microplastics in seafood: benchmark protocol
for their extraction and characterization. Environ Pollut 215:223–233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
envpol.2016.05.018
Dekiff JH, Remy D, Klasmeier J, Fries E (2014) Occurrence and spatial distribution of
microplastics in sediments from Norderney. Environ Pollut 186:248–256. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.envpol.2013.11.019
Desforges JPW, Galbraith M, Dangerfield N et al (2014) Widespread distribution of microplastics
in subsurface seawater in the NE Pacific Ocean. Mar Pollut Bull 79:94–99. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.marpolbul.2013.12.035
Di M, Wang J (2018) Microplastics in surface waters and sediments of the three gorges reservoir,
China. Sci Total Environ 616-617:1620–1627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.150
Ding L, Mao RF, Guo X, Yang X, Zhang Q, Yang C (2019) Microplastics in surface waters and
sediments of the Wei River, in the northwest of China. Sci Total Environ 667:427–434. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.332
Duis K, Coors A (2016) Microplastics in the aquatic and terrestrial environment: sources (with a
specific focus on personal care products), fate and effects. Environ Sci Eur 28(1):1–25. https://
doi.org/10.1186/s12302-015-0069-y
Edo C, Tamayo-Belda M, Martínez-Campos S, Martín-Betancor K et al (2019) Occurrence and
identification of microplastics along a beach in the Biosphere Reserve of Lanzarote. Mar Pollut
Bull 143:220–227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.04.061
Egbeocha CO, Malek S, Emenike CU, Milow P (2018) Feasting on microplastics: ingestion by and
effects on marine organisms. Aquat Biol 27:93–106. https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00701
Eriksen M, Mason S, Wilson S et al (2013) Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the
Laurentian Great Lakes. Mar Pollut Bull 77:177–182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.
10.007
Eriksen M, Lebreton LCM, Carson HS, Thiel M et al (2014) Plastic pollution in the World's oceans:
more than 5 trillion plastic pieces weighing over 250,000 tons afloat at sea. PLoS One 9
(12):111913. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111913
Fahrenfeld NL, Arbuckle-Keil G, Beni NN, Shannon L, Bartelt-Hunt (2019) Source tracking
microplastics in the freshwater environment. TrAC 112:248–254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
trac.2018.11.030
Fastelli P, Blašković A, Bernardi G et al (2016) Plastic litter in sediments from a marine area likely
to become protected (Aeolian Archipelago’s islands, Tyrrhenian sea). Mar Pollut Bull
113:526–529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.08.054
Fischer EK, Paglialonga L, Czech E et al (2016) Microplastic pollution in lakes and lake shoreline
sediments – a case study on Lake Bolsena and Lake Chiusi (central Italy). Environ Pollut
213:648–657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.03.012
Fok L, Cheung PK (2015) Hong Kong at the Pearl River Estuary: a hotspot of microplastic
pollution. Mar Pollut Bull 99:112–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.07.050
Fossi MC, Panti C, Guerranti C, Coppola D et al (2012) Are baleen whales exposed to the threat of
microplastics? a case study of the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus). Mar Pollut
Bull 64:2374–2379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.08.013
Fries E, Dekiff JH, Willmeyer J, Nuelle MT, Ebert M, Remy D (2013) Identification of polymer
types and additives in marine microplastic particles using pyrolysis-GC/MS and marine scanning electron microscopy. Environ Sci Process Impacts 15:1949–1956
36
V. Godoy et al.