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Sherri A. Mason
Researcher at State University of New York at Fredonia
Publications - 26
Citations - 6980
Sherri A. Mason is an academic researcher from State University of New York at Fredonia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Microplastics & Bay. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 25 publications receiving 4482 citations. Previous affiliations of Sherri A. Mason include University of California, Riverside & State University of New York at Purchase.
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Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes
Marcus Eriksen,Sherri A. Mason,Stiv Wilson,Carolyn Box,A.F. Zellers,William J. Edwards,Hannah Farley,Stephen Amato +7 more
TL;DR: The presence of microplastics and coal ash in these surface samples, which were most abundant where lake currents converge, are likely from nearby urban effluent and coal burning power plants.
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Microplastic is an Abundant and Distinct Microbial Habitat in an Urban River
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that microplastic in rivers are a distinct microbial habitat and may be a novel vector for the downstream transport of unique bacterial assemblages, and suggested that urban rivers are an overlooked and potentially significant component of the global microplastics life cycle.
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High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake
Christopher M. Free,Olaf P. Jensen,Sherri A. Mason,Marcus Eriksen,Nicholas J. Williamson,Bazartseren Boldgiv +5 more
TL;DR: The results demonstrate that without proper waste management, low-density populations can heavily pollute freshwater systems with consumer plastics.
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Microplastic pollution is widely detected in US municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent
Sherri A. Mason,Danielle Garneau,Rebecca Sutton,Yvonne Chu,Karyn Ehmann,Jason Barnes,Parker Fink,Daniel Papazissimos,Darrin L. Rogers +8 more
TL;DR: A broad study of municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent as a pathway for microplastic pollution to enter receiving waters, finding fragments and fragments were found to be the most common type of particle within the effluent; however, some fibers may be derived from non-plastic sources.
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Anthropogenic contamination of tap water, beer, and sea salt.
TL;DR: Based on consumer guidelines, the results indicate the average person ingests over 5,800 particles of synthetic debris from these three sources annually, with the largest contribution coming from tap water (88%).