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Plastic debris exposure and effects in rivers: Boundaries for efficient ecological risk assessment

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Until recently, plastic pollution research was focused on the marine environments, and attention was given to terrestrial and freshwater environments latter. This discussion paper aims to put forward crucial questions on issues that limit our ability to conduct reliable plastic ecological risk assessments in rivers. Previous studies highlighted the widespread presence of plastics in rivers, but the sources and levels of exposure remained matters of debate. Field measurements have been carried out on the concentration and composition of plastics in rivers, but greater homogeneity in the choice of plastic sizes, particularly for microplastics by following the recent ISO international standard nomenclature, is needed for better comparison between studies. The development of additional relevant sampling strategies that are suited to the specific characteristics of riverine environments is also needed. Similarly, we encourage the systematic real-time monitoring of environmental conditions (e.g., topology of the sampling section of the river, hydrology, volumetric flux and velocity, suspended matters concentration, …) to better understand the origin of variability in plastic concentrations in rivers. Furthermore, ingestion of microplastics by freshwater organisms has been demonstrated under laboratory conditions, but the long-term effects of continuous microplastic exposure in organisms are less well understood. This discussion paper encourages an integrative view of the issues involved in assessing plastic exposure and its effects on biota, in order to improve our ability to carry out relevant ecological risk assessments in river environments.
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hal-04879978 , version 1 (10-01-2025)

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Jean-François Ghiglione, Alexandra ter Halle. Plastic debris exposure and effects in rivers: Boundaries for efficient ecological risk assessment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024, ⟨10.1007/s11356-024-35201-w⟩. ⟨hal-04879978⟩
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