How climate change and eutrophication interact with microplastic pollution and sediment resuspension in shallow lakes: A review

Yafei Zhang; Jie Liang; Guangming Zeng; Wangwang Tang; Yue Lu; Yuan Luo; Wenle Xing; Ning Tang; Shujing Ye; Xin Li; Wei Huang

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135979

How climate change and eutrophication interact with microplastic pollution and sediment resuspension in shallow lakes: A review

Sci Total Environ. 2020 Feb 25:705:135979. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135979. Epub 2019 Dec 7.

Authors

Yafei Zhang¹, Jie Liang², Guangming Zeng³, Wangwang Tang¹, Yue Lu¹, Yuan Luo¹, Wenle Xing¹, Ning Tang¹, Shujing Ye¹, Xin Li¹, Wei Huang¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China.
² College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China. Electronic address: liangjie@hnu.edu.cn.
³ College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China. Electronic address: zgming@hnu.edu.cn.

PMID: 31841912
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135979

Abstract

Climate change and eutrophication are both critical environmental issues currently. Climate change induces more critical microplastic pollution and sediment resuspension in eutrophic lakes, and conversely the presence of microplastics and resuspension events would intensify these two environmental effects. Via evaluating the impacts of microplastics and sediment resuspension on climate change and eutrophication, it is favorable to provide recommendations for ecological protection and policy formulation in regard to the nutrient input as well as the production and utilization of plastic. In this review, we explore how climate change and eutrophication interact with microplastic pollution and sediment resuspension in shallow lakes, highlighting that both of the latter two play a significant role in the former two. Furthermore, future prospects are put forward on the further and deeper research on the global warming and eutrophication in shallow lakes with microplastic pollution.

Keywords: Climate change; Eutrophication; Microplastic pollution; Sediment resuspension; Shallow lakes.

Publication types

Review