ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international2020
Microplastics in aquatic environment: characterization, ecotoxicological effect, implications for ecosystems and developments in South Africa.
Review in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.
- Applications of mathematical modelling for assessing microplastic transport and fate in water environments: a comparative review.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2024Pooled it
- Article
- Spatial distribution of microplastics in Persian Gulf marine environments.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Quantification and characterization of microplastics ingested by mangrove oysters across West Africa.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024Article
- Effects of Microplastic Contamination on the Aquatic PlantPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The leatherback turtle (Heliyon · 2022Article
- Untoward Effects of Micro- and Nanoplastics: An Expert Review of Their Biological Impact and Epigenetic Effects.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Review
- Microplastics in the abyss: a first investigation into sediments at 2443-m depth (Toulon, France).Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
- Effects of urbanisation and a wastewater treatment plant on microplastic densities along a subtropical river system.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- Abundance, morphology, and removal efficiency of microplastics in two wastewater treatment plants in Nanjing, China.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Microplastics are small-size plastic piece scales (particles < 5 mm) in sediments and waters which interact with environment and organisms by various means. Microplastics are becoming a universal ecological concern since they may be a source of hazardous chemicals to marine organisms and environments. Recent research suggests microplastics could enable the transfer of hydrophobic aquatic pollutants or chemical additives to biota. Even though microplastic presence and interactions are recently being detected in marine and freshwater systems, the fate of microplastics is still very poorly understood. This literature review is a summary of the sources and transport of microplastics, their interactions with toxic chemicals and the methodologies for chemical quantification and characterization of microplastics. The environmental outcome and impact of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants were assessed as well as the trends and update on microplastic research in the South African aquatic ecosystem.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.