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. 2019 Aug 27;38(10):2087–2100. doi: 10.1002/etc.4529

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Schematic representation of key environmental fate and transport processes of microplastic particles (x‐axis) relative to different spatial scales. Colors illustrate a gradation with respect to temporal scale, with some environmental fate and transport processes requiring short‐, medium‐, and long‐term assessment. The different fate and transport processes may thus require a variety of modeling approaches depending on the temporal and/or spatial resolution required.