ArticleScientific reports2020
Storm Response of Fluvial Sedimentary Microplastics.
Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 132 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effects of sediment properties on the aeolian abrasion and surface characteristics of microplastics.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2025Article
- Modelling the transport and deposition of sediment-microplastics fluxes in a braided river, using Delft3D.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2025Article
- Sand bed river dynamics controlling microplastic flux.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Snapshot Sampling May Not Be Enough to Obtain Robust Estimates for Riverine Microplastic Loads.ACS ES&T water · 2024Article
- Evidence of microplastics accumulation in the gills and gastrointestinal tract of fishes from an estuarine system in Ghana.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Plastic pollution in riverbeds fundamentally affects natural sand transport processes.Communications earth & environment · 2023Article
- Role of saltmarsh systems in estuarine trapping of microplastics.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Microplastics through the Lens of Colloid Science.ACS environmental Au · 2022Review
- Differential microplastic storage in main channel and backwater sediments of the Kaskaskia River (Illinois, United States).Journal of environmental qualityArticle
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Up to 80% of the plastics in the oceans are believed to have been transferred from river networks. Microplastic contamination of river sediments has been found to be pervasive at the global scale and responsive to periods of flooding. However, the physical controls governing the storage, remobilization and pathways of transfer in fluvial sediments are unknown. This means it is not currently possible to determine the risks posed by microplastics retained within the world's river systems. This problem will be further exacerbated in the future given projected changes to global flood risk and an increased likelihood of fluvial flooding. Using controlled flume experiments we show that the evolution of the sediment bed surface and the flood wave characteristics controls the transition from rivers being 'sinks' to 'sources' of microplastics under flood conditions. By linking bed surface evolution with microplastic transport characteristics we show that similarities exist between granular transport phenomena and the behavior, and hence predictability, of microplastic entrainment during floods. Our findings are significant as they suggest that microplastic release from sediment beds can be managed by altering the timing and magnitude of releases in flow managed systems. As such it may be possible to remediate or remove legacy microplastics in future.
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