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ArticleHeliyon2023

Exploring microplastic pollution in a Mediterranean river: The role of introduced species as bioindicators.

Nicholas Koutsikos, Angeliki Maria Koi, Christina Zeri, Catherine Tsangaris, Elias Dimitriou, Olga-Ioanna Kalantzi

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Continuing benefits of the Montreal Protocol and protection of the stratospheric ozone layer for human health and the environment.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Nicholas KoutsikosDepartment of Environment, University of the Aegean, Mytilene 81100, Greece.
Angeliki Maria KoiHellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Anavyssos, 19013, Attica, Greece.
Christina ZeriHellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography, Anavyssos, 19013, Attica, Greece.
Catherine TsangarisHellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography, Anavyssos, 19013, Attica, Greece.
Elias DimitriouHellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Anavyssos, 19013, Attica, Greece.
Olga-Ioanna KalantziDepartment of Environment, University of the Aegean, Mytilene 81100, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies of plastic contamination in freshwater ecosystems and their biota remain scarce, despite the fact that the vast majority of plastic waste initially passes through lotic ecosystems. Biomonitoring provides valuable information regarding plastic pollution and microplastic threats to biota and human health. The aim of this study was to explore the potential use of a non-indigenous fish species as a bioindicator of microplastic pollution in an Eastern Mediterranean River. Our study area is located in a heavily modified and vastly impacted urban river which flows through the largest part of the Metropolitan area of Athens, Greece. We used an introduced chub species (

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BioindicatorFreshwater fishesInland watersLotic ecosystemMicroplasticsNon-indigenous

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PMID37089351
PMCPMC10114205

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