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Microplastics and Nanoplastics

Microplastics and Nanoplastics are tiny plastic particles that may end up in the environment. What are the effects of these plastics in the sea and fresh water? To answer that question Wageningen University & Research conducts research on microplastics and nanoplastics in the sea, in freshwater and in marine and freshwater organisms.

Size of microplastics and nanoplastics

• Microplastics are microscopic in size: 50 µm - 5 mm (0.05-5mm) (Andrady 2011)
• Nanoplastics are 1,000 times smaller than an algal cell.

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News about microplastics and nanoplastics

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  31 October 2023

  Microplastics are no longer so elusive

  - The effects of microplastics on humans and animals are not so elusive as they might seem, thanks to better measurement and calculation methods....
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  17 August 2023

  New research reveals global plastic pollution patterns in river basins

  - Plastic pollution in the world's oceans is a critical environmental issue that demands urgent attention. A recent study published in Nature...
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  10 August 2023

  Nine Veni Grants to WUR researchers

  - Nine Wageningen researchers have been awarded a Veni Grant. This is the same number of recipients as last year, when NWO, the Dutch Research Council,...
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  03 August 2023

  Veni grant for Dr. Kryss Waldschlager

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  30 June 2023

  Cooperation helps industry sustainability take a step forward

  - Biobased materials need not be inferior to those from the traditional fossil-based industries. Wageningen Food & Biobased Research has been...
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  22 June 2023

  The open science story of Vittorio Saggiomo

  - In the series Open Science Stories, WUR researchers and teachers tell how they advance Open Science and Education at WUR. We interviewed Vittorio...
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  18 June 2023

  Plastics @ WUR: let’s team up for a sustainable future with fewer plastics

  - For the 4th time, the Wageningen plastic team gathered to talk about plastic-related issues. The team consists of about 45 scientists from a variety...
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  17 April 2023

  Tomatoes Unifarm on the menu of restaurant Novum in Omnia

  - Restaurant Novum is the culinary meeting place at Wageningen Campus. The restaurant is located in conference centre Omnia, in the heart of Food...
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  03 April 2023

  Examining soil biodiversity in natural systems and their role in plant vegetation dynamics

  - Soils contain most biodiversity on Earth and drive major functions such as global elemental cycles and plant community changes. However, we still miss...
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  03 March 2023

  Positive futures for polluted rivers and seas

  - Maryna Strokal has ambitions to reduce pollution in rivers and seas. These ambitions came from her childhood. Maryna likes to swim. Together with her...

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News 2015 - 2020

• 05 November 2020

  Veni grant of 250,000 euros for eight Wageningen researchers

• 23 September 2020

  Podcast on Science Advice for Policy

• 23 September 2020

  Mediterranean Sea hotspot of marine microplastic risks

• 01 July 2020

  Developing new circular materials from safe bio-based building blocks

• 30 June 2020

  Edwin Foekema at NPO1 on the effects of the MSC Zoe container disaster

• 21 May 2020

  Prof. Tinka Murk on changes in the North Sea and perspectives on the future

• 25 March 2020

  26 types of microplastics and rubber detected in Dutch rivers

• 09 March 2020

  Edwin Foekema and Jan van Franeker on regional television (Omrop Fryslân) about plastic pellets in the Wadden sea

• 04 February 2020

  Effects microplastics and nanoplastics on biodiversity only visible after a year

• 17 October 2019

  Tinka Murk gives keynote on marine microplastic risks at WEFTA 2019

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Projects

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  Call for partners: Safe bisphenol A analogs from tyrosine

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  Call for partners: Biodegradation of invisible materials in the environment

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  Multi-pollutant modelling of water quality

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  Towards Circular Greenhouse Horticulture

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  Identifying microplastics in agricultural sites in Brabant

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  Towards a sustainable, peat-free casing soil enriched with biostimulants for the mushroom sector

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  Recyclable paper-based food packaging

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  CHAMPION – Developing new circular materials from safe bio-based building blocks

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  ENZYCLE your plastic: biochemical plastic recycling without loss of value

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  Microplastic food web accumulation project ‘PlasticCod’ granted

• Technologies for the risk assessment of microplastics (TRAMP)

Publications

2021

• Soil Remediation Under Microplastics Pollution

  Huerta lwanga, Esperanza , Santos-Echeandía, Juan (2021) In: Handbook of Microplastics in the Environment - Springer - ISBN: 9783030106188 - p. 1-29.

• Microplastics in Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) spraints and their potential as a biomonitoring tool in freshwater systems

  O'Connor, James D. , Lally, Heather T. , Mahon, Anne-Marie , O'Connor, Ian , Nash, Róisín , O'Sullivan, John J. , Bruen, Michael , Heerey, Linda , Koelmans, Bart , Marnell, Ferdia , Murphy, Sinéad (2021)

• Application of laser-induced, deep uv raman spectroscopy and artificial intelligence in real-time environmental monitoring—solutions and first results

  Post, Claudia , Brülisauer, Simon , Waldschläger, Kryss , Hug, William , Grüneis, Luis , Heyden, Niklas , Schmor, Sebastian , Förderer, Aaron , Reid, Ray , Reid, Michael , Bhartia, Rohit , Nguyen, Quoc , Schüttrumpf, Holger , Amann, Florian (2021) Sensors (2021), Volume: 21, Issue: 11 - ISSN 1424-8220

• Concentration Depth Profiles of Microplastic Particles in River Flow and Implications for Surface Sampling

  Cowger, Win , Gray, Andrew B. , Guilinger, James J. , Fong, Brandon , Waldschläger, Kryss (2021) Environmental Science and Technology (2021), Volume: 55, Issue: 9 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 6032-6041.

• Hazard identification and Risk characterization – micro and nano plastics in food and feed

  Hoogenboom, Ron (2021)

• Inventory of aspects related to cleaning up microplastics after maritime incidents

  Foekema, Edwin , Kühn, Susanne , Elschot, Kelly , van Puijenbroek, Marinka (2021) IJmuiden: Wageningen Marine Research (Wageningen Marine Research report C095/21B)

• Morphospecies abundance of above-ground invertebrates in agricultural systems under glyphosate and microplastics in south-eastern Mexico

  Hernández-Gutiérrez, Edilberto , Osten, Jaime Rendón Von , Escalona-Segura, Griselda , Mendoza-Vega, Jorge , Dzul-Caamal, Ricardo , Posthumus, Sita , Vastenhouw, Rianne , Yang, Xiaomei , Geissen, Violette , Huerta-Lwanga, Esperanza (2021) Environments - MDPI (2021), Volume: 8, Issue: 11 - ISSN 2076-3298

• Inventarisatie aspecten rondom opruimen microplastics na maritieme incidenten

  Foekema, Edwin , Kühn, Susanne , Elschot, Kelly , van Puijenbroek, Marinka (2021) Den Helder: Wageningen Marine Research (Wageningen Marine Research rapport C95/21)

• uFTIR: An R package to process hyperspectral images of environmental samples captured with μFTIR microscopes

  Corradini, Fabio , Beriot, Nicolas , Huerta-Lwanga, Esperanza , Geissen, Violette (2021) SoftwareX (2021), Volume: 16 - ISSN 2352-7110

• Organochlorine pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, metals and metalloids in microplastics found in regurgitated pellets of black vulture from Campeche, Mexico

  Borges-Ramírez, Merle M. , Escalona-Segura, Griselda , Huerta-Lwanga, Esperanza , Iñigo-Elias, Eduardo , Rendón von Osten, Jaime (2021) Science of the Total Environment (2021), Volume: 801 - ISSN 0048-9697

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2020

• Food safety in the seaweed food supply chain : Inventory of production, consumption and chemical and physical hazards

  Banach, J.L. , Hoffmans, Y. , Faassen, E.J. , Hoek-van den Hil, E.F. , Klijnstra, M.D. (2020) Wageningen: Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR-report / Wageningen Food Safety Research 2020.016)

• The way of microplastic through the environment – Application of the source-pathway-receptor model (review)

  Waldschläger, Kryss , Lechthaler, Simone , Stauch, Georg , Schüttrumpf, Holger (2020) Science of the Total Environment (2020), Volume: 713 - ISSN 0048-9697

• Erosion Behaviour of Different Microplastic Particles

  Waldschläger, Kryss , Schüttrumpf, Holger (2020) In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea - Cham: Springer - ISBN: 9783030459116 - p. 319-325.

• The way of macroplastic through the environment

  Lechthaler, Simone , Waldschläger, Kryss , Stauch, Georg , Schüttrumpf, Holger (2020) Environments - MDPI (2020), Volume: 7, Issue: 10 - ISSN 2076-3298 - p. 1-30.

• Settling and rising velocities of environmentally weathered micro- and macroplastic particles

  Waldschläger, Kryss , Born, Maximilian , Cowger, Win , Gray, Andrew , Schüttrumpf, Holger (2020) Environmental Research (2020), Volume: 191 - ISSN 0013-9351

• Infiltration Behavior of Microplastic Particles with Different Densities, Sizes, and Shapes-From Glass Spheres to Natural Sediments

  Waldschläger, Kryss , Schüttrumpf, Holger (2020) Environmental Science and Technology (2020), Volume: 54, Issue: 15 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 9366-9373.

• Developing sustainable bio-based packaging products.

  Molenveld, Karin (2020)

• Plastic in Roodkeelduikers: een T-nul studie in het kader van de containerramp MSC Zoe

  Leopold, M.F. , Kühn, S. (2020) Den Helder: Wageningen Marine Research (Wageningen Marine Research rapport C088/20)

• Exposure to microplastic associated chemicals upon oral consumption of microplastics

  Peters, Ruud , Bouwmeester, Hans (2020)

• Current insights in monitoring, bioaccumulation, and potential health effects of microplastics present in the food chain

  van Raamsdonk, L.D.W. , van der Zande, M. , Koelmans, A.A. , Hoogenboom, R.L.A.P. , Peters, R.J.B. , Groot, M.J. , Peijnenburg, A.C.M. , Weesepoel, Y.J.A. (2020) Foods (2020), Volume: 9, Issue: 1 - ISSN 2304-8158

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2019

• Erosion Behavior of Different Microplastic Particles in Comparison to Natural Sediments

  Waldschläger, Kryss , Schüttrumpf, Holger (2019) Environmental Science and Technology (2019), Volume: 53, Issue: 22 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 13219-13227.

• Effects of Particle Properties on the Settling and Rise Velocities of Microplastics in Freshwater under Laboratory Conditions

  Waldschläger, Kryss , Schüttrumpf, Holger (2019) Environmental Science and Technology (2019), Volume: 53, Issue: 4 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 1958-1966.

• Thee met een wolkje nanoplastic

  Bouwmeester, H. (2019)

• Do microplastics harm sea life?

  Koelmans, Bart (2019)

• Interactive effects of microplastics and glyphosate on the dynamics of soil dissolved organic matter in a Chinese loess soil

  Liu, Hongfei , Yang, Xiaomei , Liang, Chutao , Li, Yuanze , Qiao, Leilei , Ai, Z. , Xue, Sha , Liu, Guobin (2019) Catena (2019), Volume: 182 - ISSN 0341-8162

• A novel method for assessing microplastic effect in suspension through mixing test and reference materials

  Gerdes, Zandra , Hermann, Markus , Ogonowski, Martin , Gorokohva, Elena (2019) Scientific Reports (2019), Volume: 9 - ISSN 2045-2322

• Simplifying microplastic via continuous probability distributions for size, shape and density

  Kooi, M. , Koelmans, A.A. (2019) Environmental Science & Technology Letters (2019), Volume: 6, Issue: 9 - ISSN 2328-8930 - p. 551-557.

• Modeling decreased resilience of shallow lake ecosystems towards eutrophication due to microplastic ingestion across the food web

  Kong, X. , Koelmans, A.A. (2019) Environmental Science and Technology (2019), Volume: 53, Issue: 23 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 13822-13831.

• Prize for catching nanoplastics

  de Smet, Louis (2019)

• Risico microplastic valt nu nog mee

  Koelmans, A.A. (2019)

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2018

• Assessing Marine Biodegradability of Plastic—Towards an Environmentally Relevant International Standard Test Scheme

  Weber, Miriam , Makarow, Dorothée , Unger, Boris , Mortier, Nike , De Wilde, Bruno , van Eekert, Miriam , Schuman, Els , Tosin, Maurizio , Pognani, Michele , Innocenti, Francesco Degli , Briassolis, Demetres , Mistriotis, Antonis , van der Zee, Maarten , Lott, Christian (2018) In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea - Cham: Springer - ISBN: 9783319712789 - p. 189-193.

• Autoband is grote bron microplastic

  Kroeze, C. (2018)

• Microplastic effect thresholds for freshwater benthic macroinvertebrates

  Redondo Hasselerharm, P.E. , Falahudin, Dede , Peeters, E.T.H.M. , Koelmans, A.A. (2018) Environmental Science and Technology (2018), Volume: 52, Issue: 4 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 2278-2286.

• An overview of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution in agroecosystems

  Ng, Ee Ling , Huerta Lwanga, Esperanza , Eldridge, Simon M. , Johnston, Priscilla , Hu, Hang Wei , Geissen, Violette , Chen, Deli (2018) Science of the Total Environment (2018), Volume: 627 - ISSN 0048-9697 - p. 1377-1388.

• Closing the gap between small and smaller: Towards a framework to analyse nano- and microplastics in aqueous environmental samples

  Mintenig, Svenja , Bäuerlein, Patrick S. , Koelmans, A.A. , Decker, S.C. , van Wezel, A.P. (2018) Environmental Science: Nano (2018), Volume: 5, Issue: 7 - ISSN 2051-8153 - p. 1640-1649.

• A simple method for the extraction and identification of light density microplastics from soil

  Zhang, Shaoliang , Yang, Xiaomei , Gertsen, Hennie , Peters, Piet , Salánki, Tamás , Geissen, Violette (2018) Science of the Total Environment (2018), Volume: 616-617 - ISSN 0048-9697 - p. 1056-1065.

• Influence of microplastic addition on glyphosate decay and soil microbial activities in Chinese loess soil

  Yang, Xiaomei , Bento, Célia P.M. , Chen, Hao , Zhang, Hongming , Xue, Sha , Lwanga, Esperanza H. , Zomer, Paul , Ritsema, Coen J. , Geissen, Violette (2018) Environmental Pollution (2018), Volume: 242 - ISSN 0269-7491 - p. 338-347.

• Decay of low-density polyethylene by bacteria extracted from earthworm's guts : A potential for soil restoration

  Huerta Lwanga, Esperanza , Thapa, Binita , Yang, Xiaomei , Gertsen, Henny , Salánki, Tamás , Geissen, Violette , Garbeva, Paolina (2018) Science of the Total Environment (2018), Volume: 624 - ISSN 0048-9697 - p. 753-757.

• Biochemodynamic features of metal ions bound by micro- and nano-plastics in aquatic media

  Town, Raewyn M. , van Leeuwen, Herman P. , Blust, Ronny (2018) Frontiers in Chemistry (2018), Volume: 6, Issue: Dec - ISSN 2296-2646

• Micro- and nanoplastic in the aquatic environment : from rivers to whales

  Besseling, Ellen (2018) Wageningen University. Promotor(en): A.A. Koelmans, co-promotor(en): Dr. E.M. Foekema - Wageningen: Wageningen University - ISBN: 9789463432597

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2017

• Plastic jojoot in de oceanen

  Kooi, M. (2017)

• Plastic in de strijd tegen microplastic uit de wasmachine?

  van Franeker, Jan Andries (2017)

• Onderzoek naar microplastics etende vissen blijkt frauduleus

  van Franeker, J.A. (2017)

• Field evidence for transfer of plastic debris along a terrestrial food chain

  Huerta Lwanga, Esperanza , Mendoza Vega, Jorge , Ku Quej, Victor , de los Angeles Chi, Jesus , Sanchez del Cid, Lucero , Chi, Cesar , Escalona Segura, Griselda , Gertsen, Henny , Salánki, Tamás , van der Ploeg, Martine , Koelmans, Bart , Geissen, Violette (2017) Scientific Reports (2017), Volume: 7 - ISSN 2045-2322

• Export of microplastics from land to sea. A modelling approach

  Siegfried, Max , Koelmans, A.A. , Besseling, E. , Kroeze, C. (2017) Water Research (2017), Volume: 127 - ISSN 0043-1354 - p. 249-257.

• Response of soil dissolved organic matter to microplastic addition in Chinese loess soil

  Liu, Hongfei , Yang, Xiaomei , Liu, Guobin , Liang, Chutao , Xue, Sha , Chen, Hao , Ritsema, Coen J. , Geissen, Violette (2017) Chemosphere (2017), Volume: 185 - ISSN 0045-6535 - p. 907-917.

• Aging of microplastics promotes their ingestion by marine zooplankton

  Vroom, Renske J.E. , Koelmans, Bart , Besseling, Ellen , Halsband, C. (2017) Environmental Pollution (2017), Volume: 231 - ISSN 0269-7491 - p. 987-996.

• Incorporation of microplastics from litter into burrows of Lumbricus terrestris

  Huerta Lwanga, Esperanza , Gertsen, H.F. , Gooren, H. , Peters, P. , Salanki, T.E. , van der Ploeg, M. , Besseling, E. , Koelmans, A.A. , Geissen, V. (2017) Environmental Pollution (2017), Volume: 220 - ISSN 0269-7491 - p. 523-531.

• The effect of microplastic on chemical uptake by the lugworm Arenicola marina (L.) under environmentally relevant conditions

  Besseling, E. , Foekema, E.M. , van den Heuvel-Greve, M.J. , Koelmans, A.A. (2017) Environmental Science and Technology (2017), Volume: 51, Issue: 15 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 8795-8804.

• All is not lost: Deriving a top-down mass budget of plastic at sea.

  Koelmans, Bart , Kooi, Merel , Law, Kara Lavender , van Sebille, Erik (2017) Environmental Research Letters (2017), Volume: 12, Issue: 11 - ISSN 1748-9326

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2016

• Microplastics in het beheersgebied van Waterschap Rivierenland: resultaten 2015

  Foekema, Edwin (2016)

• The effect of particle properties on the depth profile of buoyant plastics in the ocean

  Kooi, Merel , Reisser, J. , Slat, B. , Ferrari, F. , Schmid, M. , Cunsolo, S. , Brambini, R. , Noble, K. , Sirks, L.A. , Linders, T.E.W. , Schoeneich-Argent, R.I. , Koelmans, A.A. (2016)

• The effect of particle properties on the depth profile of buoyant plastics in the ocean

  Kooi, Merel , Reisser, J. , Slat, B. , Ferrari, F. , Schmid, M. , Cunsolo, S. , Brambini, R. , Noble, K. , Sirks, L.A. , Linders, T.E.W. , Schoeneich-Argent, R.I. , Koelmans, A.A. (2016) Scientific Reports (2016), Volume: 6 - ISSN 2045-2322

• Microplastic as a Vector for Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment. Critical Review and Model-Supported Re-interpretation of Empirical Studies.

  Koelmans, A.A. , Bakir, A. , Burton, G.A. , Janssen, C.R. (2016) Environmental Science and Technology (2016), Volume: 50 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 3315-3326.

• Microplastics in the terrestrial ecosystem: Implications for Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)

  Huerta Lwanga, Esperanza , Gertsen, H.F. , Gooren, H. , Peters, P.D. , Salanki, T.E. , van der Ploeg, M.J.C. , Besseling, E. , Koelmans, A.A. , Geissen, V. (2016) Environmental Science and Technology (2016), Volume: 50, Issue: 5 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 2685-2691.

• Sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to polystyrene nanoplastic

  Liu, Lijing , Fokkink, R.G. , Koelmans, A.A. (2016) Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2016), Volume: 35, Issue: 7 - ISSN 0730-7268 - p. 1650-1655.

• Effects of microplastics on benthic macroinvertebrates in freshwater ecosystems

  Stuurman, L. , Redondo Hasselerharm, P.E. , Peeters, E.T.H.M. , Besseling, E. , Koelmans, A.A. (2016)

• To Eat Or Not To Eat: The Role Of Taste In Microplastic Ingestion By Zooplankton

  Vroom, Renske , Besseling, E. , Koelmans, A.A. , Halsband, C. (2016)

• Potential risk of microplastics transportation into ground water

  Huerta Lwanga, Esperanza , Gertsen, H.F. , Gooren, H.C. , Peters, Piet , Salánki, T.E. , van der Ploeg, Martine , Besseling, E. , Koelmans, A.A. , Geissen, V. (2016) Geophysical Research Abstracts (2016), Volume: 18 - ISSN 1029-7006

• Effects of microplastics on benthic macroinvertebrates in freshwater ecosystems

  Redondo Hasselerharm, P.E. , Falahudin, D. , Peeters, E.T.H.M. , Besseling, E. , Koelmans, A.A. (2016)

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2015

• Linking effects of anthropogenic debris to ecological impacts

  Browne, M.A. , Underwood, A.J. , Chapman, M.G. , Williams, R. , Thompson, R.C. , van Franeker, J.A. (2015) Proceedings of the Royal Society. B: Biological Sciences (2015), Volume: 282, Issue: 1807 - ISSN 0962-8452

• Environmental contaminants of emerging concern in seafood - European database on contaminant levels

  Vandermeersch, Griet , Lourenço, Helena Maria , Alvarez-Muñoz, Diana , Cunha, Sara , Diogène, Jorge , Cano-Sancho, German , Sloth, Jens J. , Kwadijk, Christiaan , Barcelo, Damia , Allegaert, Wim , Bekaert, Karen , Fernandes, José Oliveira , Marques, Antonio , Robbens, Johan (2015) Environmental Research (2015), Volume: 143 - ISSN 0013-9351 - p. 29-45.

• Potential Health Impact of Environmentally Released Micro- and Nanoplastics in the Human Food Production Chain: Experiences from Nanotoxicology

  Bouwmeester, H. , Hollman, P.C.H. , Peters, R.J.B. (2015) Environmental Science and Technology (2015), Volume: 49 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 8932-8947.

• Nanoplastics in the aquatic environment

  Koelmans, A.A. , Besseling, E. , Shim, W.J. (2015) In: Marine Anthropogene Litter - Berlin: Springer - ISBN: 9783319165103 - p. 325-340.

• A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

  van Sebille, Erik , Wilcox, Chris , Lebreton, Laurent , Maximenko, Nikolai , Hardesty, Britta Denise , van Franeker, J.A. , Eriksen, Marcus , Siegel, David , Galgani, F. , Law, Kara Lavender (2015) Environmental Research Letters (2015), Volume: 10, Issue: 12 - ISSN 1748-9326

• Microplastic in a macro filter feeder: humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae

  Besseling, E. , Foekema, E.M. , van Franeker, J.A. , Leopold, M.F. , Bravo Rebolledo, E. , Kühn, S. , Mielke, L. , Heberle-Bors, E. , Ijzer, J. , Kamminga, P. , Koelmans, A.A. (2015) Marine Pollution Bulletin (2015), Volume: 95, Issue: 1 - ISSN 0025-326X - p. 248-252.

• A critical view on microplastic quantification in aquatic organisms

  Vandermeersch, Griet , Van Cauwenberghe, Lisbeth , Janssen, Colin R. , Marques, Antonio , Granby, Kit , Fait, Gabriella , Kotterman, M.J.J. , Diogène, Jorge , Bekaert, Karen , Robbens, Johan , Devriese, Lisa (2015) Environmental Research (2015), Volume: 143, Issue: part B - ISSN 0013-9351 - p. 46-55.

• Emerging pollutants in the environment : A challenge for water resource management

  Geissen, V. , Mol, J.G.J. , Klumpp, Erwin , Umlauf, Günter , Nadal, M. , van der Ploeg, M.J. , van der Zee, S.E.A.T.M. , Ritsema, C.J. (2015) International Soil and Water Conservation Research (2015), Volume: 3, Issue: 1 - ISSN 2095-6339 - p. 57-65.

• Speuren naar vervuiling door minuscuul plastic

  Ramaker, R. , Koelmans, A.A. (2015) Resource: weekblad voor Wageningen UR (2015), Volume: 9, Issue: 18 - ISSN 1874-3625 - p. 11-11.

• Impact of marine debris on Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella at Cape Shirreff: diet dependent ingestion and entanglement : Preliminary results

  Bravo Rebolledo, Elisa , van Franeker, J.A. (2015) Den Helder: IMARES

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2014

• Eerste inschatting van vrijkomen van plastics als gevolg van slijtage van Mosselzaad-Invangsystemen (MZI's)

  Hartog, E. , van den Brink, A.M. , Kamermans, P. (2014) Yerseke: IMARES (Rapport / IMARES Wageningen UR C188/13)

• Verkennend Onderzoek Microplastic in het beheersgebied van Waterschap Rivierenland

  Besseling, E. , Foekema, E.M. , Koelmans, A.A. (2014) Wageningen: Wageningen Universiteit

• Leaching of Plastic Additives to Marine Organisms

  Koelmans, A.A. , Besseling, E. , Foekema, E.M. (2014) Environmental Pollution (2014), Volume: 187 - ISSN 0269-7491 - p. 49-54.

• Strong Sorption of PCBs to Nanoplastics, Microplastics, Carbon Nanotubes, and Fullerenes

  Velzeboer, I. , Kwadijk, C.J.A.F. , Koelmans, A.A. (2014) Environmental Science and Technology (2014), Volume: 48, Issue: 9 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 4869-4876.

• Nanoplastic affects growth of S. obliquus and reproduction of D. magna

  Besseling, E. , Wang, B. , Lürling, M.F.L.L.W. , Koelmans, A.A. (2014) Environmental Science and Technology (2014), Volume: 48, Issue: 20 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 12336-12343.

• Screening van hot spots van nieuwe verontreinigingen : een pilot studie in bodem, grondwater en oppervlaktewater

  Lahr, J. , ter Laak, T.L. , Derksen, A. (2014) Wageningen: Alterra (Alterra-rapport 2538)

• Ecotoxic Effects of Nano Plastic on Freshwater plankton (Scenedesmus obliquus and Daphnia magna)

  Besseling, E. , Wang, B. , Koelmans, A.A. (2014) In: Book of Abstracts of the International workshop 'Fate and impact of microplastics in marine ecosystems' - p. 40-40.

• Modeling the Fate of Nano- and Microplastics in freshwater systems

  Besseling, E. , Quik, J.T.K. , Koelmans, A.A. (2014) In: Abstract book 24th Annual meeting SETAC Europe : Science across bridges, borders and boundaries - p. 238-238.

• The role of microplastics in bioaccumulation of organic chemicals to aquatic organisms

  Koelmans, A.A. , Besseling, E. , Foekema, E.M. (2014)

• Microplastics as vectors of chemical contaminants

  Koelmans, A.A. , Besseling, E. , Foekema, E.M. (2014)

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2013

• Mogelijk fouten bij onderzoek microplastics (2) (interview met Edwin Foekema)

  Witte, M. , Foekema, E.M. (2013) Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau ANP (2013)

• Microplastics in aquatic food chain : sources, measurement, occurrence and potential health risks

  Hollman, P.C.H. , Bouwmeester, H. , Peters, R.J.B. (2013) Wageningen: RIKILT (Report / RIKILT, Institute of Food Safety 2013.003)

• Effects of microplastic on fitness and PCB bioaccumulation by the lugworm Arenicola marina

  Besseling, E. , Wegner, A. , Foekema, E.M. , Heuvel-Greve, van den, M.J. , Koelmans, A.A. (2013) Environmental Science and Technology (2013), Volume: 47, Issue: 1 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 593-600.

• Plastic as a Carrier of POPs to Aquatic Organisms: A Model Analysis

  Koelmans, A.A. , Besseling, E. , Wegner, A. , Foekema, E.M. (2013) Environmental Science and Technology (2013), Volume: 47, Issue: 14 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 7812-7820.

• Plastic as a carrier of POPs to aquatic organisms. A model analysis

  Koelmans, A.A. , Besseling, E. , Wegner, A. , Foekema, E.M. (2013) In: 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 12 - 16 May, Glasgow - p. 36-36.

2012

• Fate and effects of nano- and microplastic on marine foodwebs

  Besseling, Ellen (2012)

• Fate and effects of nano- and microplastic on marine foodwebs

  Besseling, Ellen (2012)

• An assessment of the current and potential future natural and anthropogenic issues facing migratory shorebirds

  Sutherland, W.J. , Alves, J.A. , Chang, C.H. , Davidson, D.C. , Finlayson, C.M. , Gill, J.A. , Gill, R.E. , González, P.M. , Gunnarsson, T.G. , Kleijn, D. , Spray, C.J. , Szekely, T. , Thompson, D.B.A. (2012) Ibis (2012), Volume: 154, Issue: 4 - ISSN 0019-1019 - p. 663-679.

• Effects of nanopolystyrene on the feeding behavior of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis L.)

  Wegner, A. , Besseling, E. , Foekema, E.M. , Kamermans, P. , Koelmans, A.A. (2012) Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2012), Volume: 31, Issue: 11 - ISSN 0730-7268 - p. 2490-2497.

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