Plastics

Plastics are ubiquitous in our lives, which has resulted in high amounts of plastics in the environment. In particular, microplastics are often unseen by the naked eye, but very abundant in aquatic systems. The lab has worked on microplastic issues throughout the U.S.

Primary Collaborators

• Dr. Mark Benfield

Select Publications

• A.K. Gad, K. Toner, M.C. Benfield, S.R. Midway (2023). Microplastics in mainstem Mississippi River fishes. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10:1065583.
• A.K. Gad, S.R. Midway (2022). Relationship of Microplastics to Body Size for Two Estuarine Fishes. Microplastics 1:211–220.
• K. Toner, S.R. Midway (2021). Historic fish samples from the Southeast USA lack microplastics. Science of the Total Environment 776:145923.