Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco

Longitudinal gradients modulate the distribution, composition, and ecological risk of microplastics in a neotropical public water supply reservoir

Abstract Microplastics (MPs) contamination was assessed in the water and surface sediment in the upstream, dam, and downstream zones of the Tapacurá Reservoir, a tropical public water supply system in northeastern Brazil, over the course of four sampling campaigns. MPs were detec...