Fate and biological uptake of polystyrene nanoparticles in freshwater wetland ecosystems
Franca Stábile, Mikael T. Ekvall, Julián Alberto Gallego‐Urrea, Temitope Nwachukwu, W. G. Chalani U. Soorasena, Pierina I. Rivas-Comerlati, Lars‐Anders Hansson
Abstract
Wetland mesocosms retained nanoplastics. Nanoplastics where taken up by freshwater invertebrates and macrophytes and mainly ended up in the sediments of the water compartment.
Topics & Concepts
WetlandFreshwater ecosystemEcosystemEnvironmental chemistryEnvironmental sciencePolystyreneMicroplasticsChemistryEcologyBiologyPolymerOrganic chemistryMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution