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Santillo D, Godley BJ (2019) Microplastics in marine mammals stranded around the British
coast: ubiquitous but transitory? Sci Rep 9:1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37428-3
Napper, Bakir IE, Rowland A, Thompson SJ, Characterisation RC (2015) Quantity and sorptive
properties of microplastics extracted from cosmetics. Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume
99, Issues 1–2, 15 October. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.07.029
Neves D, Sobral P, Ferreira JL, Pereira T (2015) Ingestion of microplastics by commercial fish off
the Portuguese coast. Mar Pollut Bull 101:119–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.
11.008
Ng KL, Obbard JP (2006) Prevalence of microplastics in Singapore’s coastal marine environment.
Mar Pollut Bull 52(7):761–767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.11.017
Norén F (2007) Small plastic particles in coastal Swedish waters. N-research report. KIMO,
Sweden, p 11
Novotna K, Cermakova L, Pivokonska L, Cajthaml T, Pivokonsky M (2019) Microplastics in
drinking water treatment – current knowledge and research needs. Sci Total Environ
667:730–740
Nuelle MT, Dekiff JH, Remy D, Fries E (2014) A new analytical approach for monitoring
microplastics in marine sediments. Environ Pollut 184:161–169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
envpol.2013.07.027
Obbard RW, Sadri S, Wong Y, Khitun AA, Baker I, Thompson RC (2014) Global warming releases
microplastic legacy frozen in Arctic Sea ice. Earth’s Future 2:315–320. https://doi.org/10.1002/
2014EF000240
Oßmann BE, Sarau G, Holtmannspotter H, Pischetsrieder M, Christiansen SH, DickeSmall-sized W
(2018) DickeSmall-sized microplastics and pigmented particles in bottled mineral water Water
Res 141:307–316
Olivatto CA, Martinsa MC, Montagner C, Henry TB, Carreira R (2019) Microplastic contamination
in surface waters in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mar Pollut Bull 139:157–162.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.12.042
Pan Z, Guo H, Chen H, Wang S et al (2019) Microplastics in the Northwestern Pacific: abundance,
distribution, and characteristics. Sci Total Environ 650:1913–1922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
scitotenv.2018.09.244
Peng G, Xu P, Zhu B et al (2018) Microplastics in freshwater river sediments in Shanghai, China: a
case study of risk assessment in mega-cities. Environ Pollut 234:448–456. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.envpol.2017.11.034
Piperagkas O, Papageorgiou N, Karakassis I (2018) Qualitative and quantitative assessment of
microplastics in three sandy Mediterranean beaches, including different methodological
approaches. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 219:169–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.02.016
Pivokonsky M, Cermakova L, Novotna K, Peer P, Cajthaml T, Janda V (2018) Occurrence of
microplastics in raw and treated drinking water. Sci Total Environ 643:1644–1651
Plastics Europe (2017) An analysis of European plastics production, demand and waste data.
Plastics – the Facts 2017. Plastics Europe, Brussels
Plastics Europe (2018) An analysis of European plastics production, demand and waste data.
Plastics – the facts 2018
Prata JC, Da Costa J, Duarte AC, Rocha-Santos T (2019) Methods for sampling and detection of
microplastics in water and sediment: a critical review. TrAC 110:150–159. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.trac.2018.10.029
Quinn B, Murphy F, Ewins C (2017) Validation of density separation for the rapid recovery of
microplastics from sediment. Anal Methods 9:1491. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6AY02542K
Raimondo S, Montague BJ, Barron MG (2007) Determinants of variability in acute to chronic
toxicity ratios for aquatic invertebrates and fish. Environ Toxicol Chem 26:2019–2023. https://
doi.org/10.1897/07-069R.1
Reddy SM, Basha S, Adimurthy S, Ramachandraiah G (2006) Description of small plastics
fragments in marine sediments along the Alang-Sosiya ship-breaking yard, India. Estuar
Coast Shelf Sci 68:656–660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2006.03.018
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