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Reference Work Entry In depth
Plastic Debris Flowing from Rivers to Oceans: The Role of the Estuaries as a Complex and Poorly Understood Key Interface
After several investigations on plastic pollution in marine environments, the issue was raised in continental environments, mainly rivers. The latter was extensively studied as a potentially significant source...
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Chapter
Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Seine River Basin: Overview of Recent Research
For over 30 years, the sources and the transfer dynamics of micropollutants have been investigated in the PIREN-Seine programme. Recent works included a wide range of chemicals and biological contaminants of e...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Plastic Debris in Urban Water and in Freshwater: Lessons Learned from Research Projects Launched in the Seine Basin Catchment
Since 2014, several research projects were launched or in progress on plastic debris issue at the scale of the Seine Bassin catchment, combining a high population density and a strong anthropogenic pressure. T...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Microplastic Contamination of Sediment and Water Column in the Seine River Estuary
Nowadays, microplastic (MPs) pollution is well documented in marine ecosystems since the first publication alarming about marine plastic pollution in 1972 [1]. Similarly, continental contamination is more and mor...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Plastic Debris Flowing from Rivers to Oceans: The Role of the Estuaries as a Complex and Poorly Understood Key Interface
After several investigations on plastic pollution in marine environments, the issue was raised in continental environments, mainly rivers. The latter was extensively studied as a potentially significant source...
