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Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
No. 201 Jiufeng 1 Road, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan, Hubei, P. R. China
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Research Center for Aquatic Plant
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Zhang X, Yang Y, Yuan W*, Ruess L. 2023. The response of microbial communities to environmental factors in bank soil and river sediment: A case study along the mainstream of the Yangtze River. Environmental Research, 269: 120903.
Suyamud B, Pan X*, Yu Y, Yuan W*, Liu Y, Yang Y. 2024. First-of-Its-Kind: Nationwide meta-analysis of microplastic pollution and risk assessment in Thailand. Chemosphere, 364: 143041.
Yuan W, Xu EG, Shabaka S, Chen P, Yang Y*. 2024. The power of green: Harnessing phytoremediation to combat micro/nanoplastics. Eco-Environment & Health, 3: 260–265.
Osman DM, Yuan W*, Shabaka S, Nyaga MP, Geng J, Yu Y, Yang Y*. 2023. The threat of micro/nanoplastic to aquatic plants: Current knowledge, gaps, and future perspectives. Aquatic Toxicology, 265: 106771.
Yuan W, Xu EG, Li L, Zhou A, Peijnenburg WJGM, Grossart HP, Liu W, Yang Y*. 2023. Tracing and trapping micro- and nanoplastics: Untapped mitigation potential of aquatic plants? Water Research, 242: 120249.
Lin L, Xu EG, Liu M, Yang Y, Zhou A, Suyamud B, Pan X, Yuan W*. 2023. Microbiological processes of submicron-plastics affecting submerged plant growth in a chronic exposure microcosm. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 10: 33–39.
Yuan W, Christie-Oleza JA, Xu EG, Li J, Zhang H, Wang W, Lin L, Zhang W, Yang Y*. 2022. Environmental fate of microplastics in the world’s third-largest river: Basin-wide investigation and microplastic community analysis. Water Research, 210: 118002.
Yuan W, Zhou Y, Chen Y, Liu X, Wang J*. 2020. Toxicological effects of microplastics and heavy metals on the Daphnia magna. Science of The Total Environment, 746: 141254.
Yuan W, Zhou Y, Liu X*, Wang J*. 2019. New perspective on the nano plastics disrupting the reproduction of an endangered fern in artificial freshwater. Environmental Science & Technology, 53: 12715–12724.
Yuan W, Liu X, Wang W, Di M, Wang J*. 2019. Microplastic abundance, distribution and composition in water, sediments, and wild fish from Poyang Lake, China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 170: 180–187.
