as well as their accumulation in ocean gyres (Law et al., 2010) highlight the importance of understanding transport mechanisms responsible for distributing MPs from source areas to these various environmental compartments. The majority of marine MPs is transported to the ocean by rivers and streams (Meijer et al., 2021). MPs enter stream and river systems through both point and diffuse sources including wastewater treatment plants, the atmosphere and surface runoff (Skalska et al., 2020).
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