Trophic Transfer and Accumulation of Microplastics in Freshwater Ecosystem: Risk to Food Security and Human Health

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Shape classification</td><td class="align_center">Other terms used</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Fragments</td><td class="align_center">Irregularly shaped particles, crystals, fluff, powder, granules, shavings, flakes, and films</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Fibers</td><td class="align_center">Filaments, microfibers, strands, and threads</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Beads</td><td class="align_center">Grains, spherical microbeads, and microspheres</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Foams</td><td class="align_center">Polystyrene and expanded polystyrene</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Pellets</td><td class="align_center">Resin pellets, nurdles, preproduction pellets, and nibs</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Categories used for classifying MPs by shape [<a href="/journals/ijecol/2022/1234078/#B3" target="_blank">3</a>].</div>

International Journal of Ecology

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