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Hodson ME, Duffus-Hodson CA, Clark A, Prendergast-Miller MT, Thorpe KL (2017) Plastic bag
derived-microplastics as a vector for metal exposure in terrestrial invertebrates. Environ Sci
Technol 51:4714–4721. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b00635
Horton AA, Svendsen C, Williams RJ et al (2017a) Large microplastic particles in sediments of
tributaries of the River Thames, UK – abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification. Mar Poll Bull 114:218–226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.09.004
Horton AA, Walton A, Spurgeon DJ, Lahive E, Svendsen C (2017b) Microplastics in freshwater
and terrestrial environments: evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge
gaps and future research priorities. Sci Total Environ 586:127–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
scitotenv.2017.01.190
Hüffer T, Hofmann T (2016) Sorption of non-polar organic compounds by micro-sized plastic
particles in aqueous solution. Environ Pollut 214:194–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.
2016.04.018
Imhof H, Schmid J, Niessner R, Ivleva NP, Laforsch C (2012) A novel, highly efficient method for
the separation and quantification of plastic particles in sediments of aquatic environments.
Limnol Oceanogr Methods 10:524–537. https://doi.org/10.4319/lom.2012.10.524
Imhof HK, Ivleva NP, Schmid J, Niessner R, Laforsch C (2013) Contamination of beach sediments
of a subalpine lake with microplastic particles. Curr Biol 23:867–868. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
cub.2013.09.001
Imhof HK, Laforsch C, Wiesheu AC, Schmid J, Anger PM, Niessner R et al (2016) Pigments and
plastic in limnetic ecosystems: a qualitative and quantitative study on microparticles of different
size classes. Water Res 98:64–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.03.015
Imhof HK, Sigl R, Brauer E et al (2017) Spatial and temporal variation of macro-, meso- and
microplastic abundance on a remote coral island of the Maldives, Indian Ocean. Mar Pollut Bull
116:340–347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.010
Isobe A, Uchida K, Tokai T et al (2015) East Asian seas: a hot spot for pelagic microplastics. Mar
Pollut Bull 101:618–623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.10.042
Jeong CB, Won EJ, Kang HM, Lee MC, Hwang DS, Hwang UK et al (2016) Microplastic sizedependent toxicity, oxidative stress induction, and p-JNK and p-p38. Activation in the
Monogonont Rotifer (Brachionus koreanus). Environ Sci Technol 50:8849–8857. https://doi.
org/10.1021/acs.est.6b01441
Kane IA, Clare MA (2019) Dispersion, accumulation, and the ultimate fate of microplastics in deepmarine environments: a review and future directions. Front Earth Sci 7:80. https://doi.org/10.
3389/feart.2019.00080
Kang JH, Kwon OY, Lee KW et al (2015) Marine neustonic microplastics around the southeastern
coast of Korea. Mar Pollut Bull 96:304–312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.054
Kanhai LDK, Officer R, Lyashevska O et al (2017) Microplastic abundance, distribution and
composition along a latitudinal gradient in the Atlantic Ocean. Mar Pollut Bull 115:307–314.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.12.025
Kanhai LDK, Gårdfeldt K, Lyashevska O, Hassellöv M, Thompson RC, O’Connor I (2018)
Microplastics in sub-surface waters of the Arctic Central Basin. Mar Pollut Bull 130:8–18.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.03.011
Karapanagioti HK, Klontza I (2008) Testing phenanthrene distribution properties of virginplastic
pellets and plastic eroded pellets found on Lesvos island beaches (Greece). Mar Environ Res 65
(4):283–290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.11.005
Karlsson TM, Arneborgb L, Broströmc G, Carney B, Gipperthe L, Hassellöva M (2018) The
unaccountability case of plastic pellet pollution. Mar Pollut Bull 129:52–60. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.marpolbul.2018.01.041
Karthik R, Robin RS, Purvaja R, Ganguly D et al (2018) Microplastics along the beaches of
southeast coast of India. Sci Total Environ 645:1388–1399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.
2018.07.242
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