of research needs. Water research 75: 63–82.25 van Emmerik, T., Kieu‐Le, T.C., Loozen, M. et al. (2018). A methodology to characterize riverine macroplastic emission into the ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science 5: 372.
26 van Emmerik, T., Loozen, M., Van Oeveren, K., and Buschman, F. (2019a). Riverine plastic emission from Jakarta into the ocean. Environmental Research Letters 14 (8): 084033.
27 van Emmerik, T., Tramoy, R., van Calcar, C. et al. (2019b). Seine plastic debris transport tenfolded during increased river discharge. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 642. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00642.
28 Eriksen, M., Mason, S., Wilson, S. et al. (2013). Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Marine Pollution Bulletin 77 (1–2): 177–182.
29 Faure, F., Corbaz, M., Baecher, H., and De Alencastro, L.F. (2012). Pollution due to plastics and microplastics in Lake Geneva and in the Mediterranean Sea. Archives des Sciences 65: 157–164.
30 Faure, F., Demars, C., Wieser, O. et al. (2015). Plastic pollution in Swiss surface waters: nature and concentrations, interaction with pollutants. Environmental Chemistry 12 (5): 582–591.
31 Fischer, E.K., Paglialonga, L., Czech, E., and Tamminga, M. (2016). Microplastic pollution in lakes and Lake shoreline sediments – a case study on Lake Bolsena and Lake Chiusi (Central Italy). Environmental Pollution 213: 648–657.
32 Foekema, E.M., De Gruijter, C., Mergia, M.T. et al. (2013). Plastic in North Sea fish. Environmental Science & Technology 47 (15): 8818–8824.
33 Gasperi, J., Wright, S.L., Dris, R. et al. (2018). Microplastics in air: are we breathing it in? Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health 1: 1–5.
34 GESAMP (2015). Sources, fate and effects of microplastics in the marine environment: a global assessment. In: IMO/FAO/UNESCO‐IOC/UNIDO/WMO/IAEA/UN/UNEP/UNDP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection, Rep. Stud.–GESAMP, No. 90 (ed. P.J. Kershaw), 96.
35 GESAMP (2016). Sources, fate and effects of microplastics in the marine environment: part two of a global assessment. In: IMO/FAO/UNESCO‐IOC/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (eds. P.J. Kershaw and C.M. Rochman), 220. London, UK: International Maritime Organization.
36 Geyer, R., Jambeck, J.R., and Law, K.L. (2017). Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made. Science Advances 3 (7): e1700782.
37 Gouin, T., Avalos, J., Brunning, I. et al. (2015). Use of micro‐plastic beads in cosmetic products in Europe and their estimated emissions to the North Sea environment. SOFW Journal 141 (3): 40–46.
38 Hoellein, T.J., McCormick, A.R., Hittie, J. et al. (2017). Longitudinal patterns of microplastic concentration and bacterial assemblages in surface and benthic habitats of an urban river. Freshwater Science 36 (3): 491–507.
39 Horton, A.A. and Dixon, S.J. (2018). Microplastics: an introduction to environmental transport processes. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 5 (2): e1268.
40 Horton, A.A., Walton, A., Spurgeon, D.J. et al. (2017). Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities. Science of the Total Environment 586: 127–141.
41 Imhof, H.K., Laforsch, C., Wiesheu, A.C. et al. (2016). Pigments and plastic in limnetic ecosystems: a qualitative and quantitative study on microparticles of different size classes. Water Research 98: 64–74.
42 Islam, M.S. and Tanaka, M. (2004). Impacts of pollution on coastal and marine ecosystems including coastal and marine fisheries and approach for management: a review and synthesis. Marine Pollution Bulletin 48 (7–8): 624–649.
43 Jacobsen, J.K., Massey, L., and Gulland, F. (2010). Fatal ingestion of floating net debris by two sperm whales (Physetermacrocephalus). Marine Pollution Bulletin 60 (5): 765–767.
44 Jambeck, J.R., Geyer, R., Wilcox, C. et al. (2015). Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean. Science 347 (6223): 768–771.
45 Jayasiri, H.B., Purushothaman, C.S., and Vennila, A. (2013). Quantitative analysis of plastic debris on recreational beaches in Mumbai, India. Marine Pollution Bulletin 77 (1–2): 107–112.
46 Kaposi, K.L., Mos, B., Kelaher, B.P., and Dworjanyn, S.A. (2014). Ingestion of microplastic has limited impact on a marine larva. Environmental Science & Technology 48 (3): 1638–1645.
47 Karthik, R., Robin, R.S., Purvaja, R. et al. (2018). Microplastics along the beaches of southeast coast of India. Science of The Total Environment 645: 1388–1399.
48 Kataoka, T., Nihei, Y., Kudou, K., and Hinata, H. (2019). Assessment of the sources and inflow processes of microplastics in the river environments of Japan. Environmental Pollution 244: 958–965.
49 Kaza, S., Yao, L., Bhada‐Tata, P., and Van Woerden, F. (2018). What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050. The World Bank.
50 Klein, S., Worch, E., and Knepper, T.P. (2015). Occurrence and spatial distribution of microplastics in river shore sediments of the Rhine‐Main area in Germany. Environmental Science & Technology 49 (10): 6070–6076.
51 Koelmans, A.A., Besseling, E., Wegner, A., and Foekema, E.M. (2013). Plastic as a carrier of POPs to aquatic organisms: a model analysis. Environmental Science & Technology 47 (14): 7812–7820.
52 Koelmans, A.A., Bakir, A., Burton, G.A., and Janssen, C.R. (2016). Microplastic as a vector for chemicals in the aquatic environment: critical review and model‐supported reinterpretation of empirical studies. Environmental Science & Technology 50 (7): 3315–3326.
53 Lassen, C., Foss Hansen, S., Magnusson, K. et al. (2015). Microplastics – Occurrence, effects and sources of releases to the environment in Denmark. Environmental project No. 1793, Danish Ministry of the Environment–Environmental Protection Agency (Denmark): 204.
54 Latrubesse, E.M. (2008). Patterns of anabranching channels: the ultimate end‐member adjustment of mega rivers. Geomorphology 101 (1–2): 130–145.
55 Law, K.L. and Thompson, R.C. (2014). Microplastics in the seas. Science 345 (6193): 144–145.
56 Lebreton, L.C., Van Der Zwet, J., Damsteeg, J.W. et al. (2017). River plastic emissions to the world's oceans. Nature Communications 8: 15611.
57 Lechner, A., Keckeis, H., Lumesberger‐Loisl, F. et al. (2014). The Danube so colourful: a potpourri of plastic litter outnumbers fish larvae in Europe's second largest river. Environmental Pollution 188: 177–181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2014.02.006.
58 Leslie, H.A., Van Velzen, M.J.M. and Vethaak, A.D. (2013). Microplastic survey of the Dutch environment. Novel data set of microplastics in North Sea sediments, treated wastewater effluents and marine biota, The Netherlands.
59 Li, C., Busquets, R., and Campos, L.C. (2020). Assessment of microplastics in freshwater systems: a review. Science of The Total Environment 707: 135578.
60 Lusher, A.L., McHugh, M., and Thompson, R.C. (2013). Occurrence of microplastics in the gastrointestinal tract of pelagic and demersal fish from the English Channel. Marine Pollution Bulletin 67 (1–2): 94–99.
