Tieteelliset julkaisut
2021
Uurasjärvi, E., Pääkkönen, M., Setälä, O., Koistinen, A., Lehtiniemi, M. 2020. Microplastics accumulate to thin layers in the stratified Baltic Sea. Environmental Pollution 268 (Part A): 115700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115700 (open access)
2020
Uurasjärvi, E., Hartikainen, S., Setälä, O., Lehtiniemi, M., Koistinen, A. 2020. Microplastic concentrations, size distribution, and polymer types in the surface waters of a northern European lake. Water Environment Research 92(1): 149–156. https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.1229 (open access)
2019
Näkki, P., Setälä, O., Lehtiniemi M. 2019. Seafloor sediments as microplastic sinks in the northern Baltic Sea – negligible upward transport of buried microplastics by bioturbation. Environmental Pollution 249, 74–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.02.099 (open access)
2018
Lehtiniemi, M., Hartikainen, S., Näkki, P., Engström-Öst, J., Koistinen, A., Setälä, O. 2018. Size matters more than shape: Ingestion of primary and secondary microplastics by small predators. Food Webs 17, e00097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2018.e00097 (open access)
Railo, S., Talvitie, J., Setälä, O., Koistinen, A., Lehtiniemi, M. 2018. Application of an enzyme digestion method reveals microlitter in Mytilus trossulus at a wastewater discharge area. Marine Pollution Bulletin 130, 206–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.03.022
Budimir, S., Setälä, O., Lehtiniemi, M. 2018. Effective and easy to use extraction method shows low numbers of microplastics in offshore planktivorous fish from the northern Baltic Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 127, 586–592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.12.054
2017
Talvitie, J., Mikola, A., Koistinen, A., Setälä, O. 2017. Solutions to microplastic pollution – Removal of microplastics from wastewater effluent with advanced wastewater treatment technologies. Water Research 123, 401–407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.07.005
Näkki, P., Setälä, O., Lehtiniemi, M. 2017. Bioturbation transports secondary microplastics to deeper layers in soft marine sediments of the northern Baltic Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 119, 255–261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.03.065
Talvitie, J., Mikola, A., Setälä, O., Heinonen, M., Koistinen, A. 2017. How well is microlitter purified from wastewater? – A detailed study on the stepwise removal of microlitter in a tertiary level wastewater treatment plant. Water Research 109, 164–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.11.046
2016
Setälä, O., Norkko, J., Lehtiniemi, M. 2016. Feeding type affects microplastic ingestion in a coastal invertebrate community. Marine Pollution Bulletin 102, 95–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.11.053
Setälä, O., Magnusson, K., Lehtiniemi, M., Norén, F. 2016. Distribution and abundance of surface water microlitter in the Baltic Sea: A comparison of two sampling methods. Marine Pollution Bulletin 110, 177–183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.065
2015
Talvitie, J., Heinonen, M., Pääkkönen, J.-P., Vahtera, E., Mikola, A., Setälä, O., Vahala, R. 2015. Do wastewater treatment plants act as a potential point source of microplastics? Preliminary study in the coastal Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea. Water Science & Technology 72, 1495–1504. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2015.360
2014
Setälä, O., Fleming-Lehtinen, V., Lehtiniemi, M. 2014. Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web. Environmental Pollution 185, 77–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.10.013