Are we eating plastic? Science mapping of microplastic pollution in the aquatic food chain

IF 3 4区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management Pub Date : 2024-04-09 DOI:10.1002/ieam.4930

Md Faizal Ahmad, Muhammad Ashraf Fauzi, Mohd Hanafiah Ahmad, Walton Wider, Chia Kuang Lee

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This study evaluates the knowledge structure of microplastic pollution and its effects on the aquatic food chain. The presence of microplastics has seriously harmed the ecosystem. Through bibliometric analysis, 216 journal publications were retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) from 2008 to 2023 (April), with no restriction in the time frame. Applying bibliographic coupling and co-word analysis, the emerging, current, and future themes of microplastic pollution are presented. Three research streams are derived from bibliographic coupling, centralized on the source of microplastic pollution and its impact. At the same time, research streams from co-word analysis are associated with overcoming the issue of microplastics in the ecosystem. This study's implications suggest three main principles to mitigate microplastic issues: (1) educating the public on the impact of microplastic pollution, (2) implementing holistic regulations and policies, and (3) developing treatment strategies through conventional, innovative, and hybrid approaches. Microplastic pollution is a global concern, requiring a holistic and comprehensive approach to overcome it. This review is the first to present a scientific mapping of the microplastics literature, which is a fundamental basis for future research on microplastic pollution and its impact on the ecosystem. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2024;20:1800–1811. © 2024 SETAC

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本研究评估了微塑料污染的知识结构及其对水生食物链的影响。微塑料的存在严重危害了生态系统。通过文献计量分析，研究人员从 Web of Science（WoS）中检索到 2008 年至 2023 年（4 月）的 216 篇期刊论文，时间范围不受限制。通过书目耦合和共词分析，提出了微塑料污染的新兴、当前和未来主题。通过书目耦合得出了三个研究流，集中在微塑料污染的来源及其影响。同时，通过共词分析得出的研究流与克服生态系统中的微塑料问题相关。本研究的启示提出了缓解微塑料问题的三大原则：(1) 教育公众了解微塑料污染的影响；(2) 实施全面的法规和政策；(3) 通过传统、创新和混合方法制定处理策略。微塑料污染是一个全球关注的问题，需要采取全面综合的方法来解决。本综述首次对微塑料文献进行了科学梳理，为今后研究微塑料污染及其对生态系统的影响奠定了基础。Integr Environ Assess Manag 2024;00:1-12。© 2024 SETAC

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Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCESTOXICOLOGY&nbs-TOXICOLOGY

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156

期刊介绍： Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (IEAM) publishes the science underpinning environmental decision making and problem solving. Papers submitted to IEAM must link science and technical innovations to vexing regional or global environmental issues in one or more of the following core areas: Science-informed regulation, policy, and decision making Health and ecological risk and impact assessment Restoration and management of damaged ecosystems Sustaining ecosystems Managing large-scale environmental change Papers published in these broad fields of study are connected by an array of interdisciplinary engineering, management, and scientific themes, which collectively reflect the interconnectedness of the scientific, social, and environmental challenges facing our modern global society: Methods for environmental quality assessment; forecasting across a number of ecosystem uses and challenges (systems-based, cost-benefit, ecosystem services, etc.); measuring or predicting ecosystem change and adaptation Approaches that connect policy and management tools; harmonize national and international environmental regulation; merge human well-being with ecological management; develop and sustain the function of ecosystems; conceptualize, model and apply concepts of spatial and regional sustainability Assessment and management frameworks that incorporate conservation, life cycle, restoration, and sustainability; considerations for climate-induced adaptation, change and consequences, and vulnerability Environmental management applications using risk-based approaches; considerations for protecting and fostering biodiversity, as well as enhancement or protection of ecosystem services and resiliency.