The Mediterranean Plastic Soup: synthetic polymers in Mediterranean surface waters

Plastic pollution on the Baltic beaches of Kaliningrad region, Russia

(2017) Elena Esiukova   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic in Aquatic Ecosystems

(2016) Natalia P. Ivleva et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Fin whales and microplastics: The Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Cortez scenarios

(2016) Maria Cristina Fossi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea: Deposition in coastal shallow sediments, spatial variation and preferential grain size

(2016) Carme Alomar et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Floating plastic debris in the Central and Western Mediterranean Sea

(2016) Luis F. Ruiz-Orejón et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Changes in the Floating Plastic Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea in Relation to the Distance to Land

(2016) Maria Luiza Pedrotti et al.   PLoS One

Occurrence, relative abundance and spatial distribution of microplastics and zooplankton NW of Sardinia in the Pelagos Sanctuary Protected Area, Mediterranean Sea

(2015) Cristina Panti et al.   Environmental Chemistry

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

(2015) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

An evaluation of surface micro- and mesoplastic pollution in pelagic ecosystems of the Western Mediterranean Sea

(2015) Florian Faure et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Experimental development of a new protocol for extraction and characterization of microplastics in fish tissues: First observations in commercial species from Adriatic Sea

(2015) Carlo Giacomo Avio et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Using a forensic science approach to minimize environmental contamination and to identify microfibres in marine sediments

(2015) Lucy C. Woodall et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Abundance, size and polymer composition of marine microplastics ≥ 10 μm in the Atlantic Ocean and their modelled vertical distribution

(2015) Kristina Enders et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Modelling the transport and accumulation of floating marine debris in the Mediterranean basin

(2015) J. Mansui et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

First evidence of presence of plastic debris in stomach of large pelagic fish in the Mediterranean Sea

(2015) Teresa Romeo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Mediterranean marine biodiversity under threat: Reviewing influence of marine litter on species

(2015) Salud Deudero et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Microplastics in Arctic polar waters: the first reported values of particles in surface and sub-surface samples

(2015) Amy L. Lusher et al.   Scientific Reports

Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea

(2015) Andrés Cózar et al.   PLoS One

Large Accumulation of Micro-sized Synthetic Polymer Particles in the Sea Surface Microlayer

(2014) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Evidence of microplastics in samples of zooplankton from Portuguese coastal waters

(2014) J.P.G.L. Frias et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Amount and distribution of neustonic micro-plastic off the western Sardinian coast (Central-Western Mediterranean Sea)

(2014) Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Microplastic pollution in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: Validated and opportunistic sampling

(2014) Amy L. Lusher et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Floating debris in the Mediterranean Sea

(2014) Giuseppe Suaria et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Macrodebris and microplastics from beaches in Slovenia

(2014) Betty J.L. Laglbauer et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine Litter Distribution and Density in European Seas, from the Shelves to Deep Basins

(2014) Christopher K. Pham et al.   PLoS One

Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

(2014) Marcus Eriksen et al.   PLoS One

Plastic debris in the open ocean

(2014) A. Cozar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris

(2014) L. C. Woodall et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Plastic debris ingested by deep-water fish of the Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

(2013) Aikaterini Anastasopoulou et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Trophic level transfer of microplastic: Mytilus edulis (L.) to Carcinus maenas (L.)

(2013) Paul Farrell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

(2013) Outi Setälä et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic particles in sediments of Lagoon of Venice, Italy: First observations on occurrence, spatial patterns and identification

(2013) A. Vianello et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Annual variation in neustonic micro- and meso-plastic particles and zooplankton in the Bay of Calvi (Mediterranean–Corsica)

(2013) Amandine Collignon et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Policy: Classify plastic waste as hazardous

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   NATURE

Marine Plastic Pollution in Waters around Australia: Characteristics, Concentrations, and Pathways

(2013) Julia Reisser et al.   PLoS One

Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification

(2012) Valeria Hidalgo-Ruz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The effect of wind mixing on the vertical distribution of buoyant plastic debris

(2012) T. Kukulka et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Are baleen whales exposed to the threat of microplastics? A case study of the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

(2012) Maria Cristina Fossi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Neustonic microplastic and zooplankton in the North Western Mediterranean Sea

(2012) Amandine Collignon et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world’s oceans

(2012) L.C.-M. Lebreton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea

(2011) Jan A. van Franeker et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The Mediterranean Sea under siege: spatial overlap between marine biodiversity, cumulative threats and marine reserves

(2011) Marta Coll et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Biodegradation of aliphatic polyesters soaked in deep seawaters and isolation of poly(ɛ-caprolactone)-degrading bacteria

(2011) Takayoshi Sekiguchi et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

The ERA-Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system

(2011) D. P. Dee et al.   QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Spatial Patterns of Plastic Debris along Estuarine Shorelines

(2010) Mark A. Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Marine pollution from antifouling paint particles

(2010) Andrew Turner   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the western North Atlantic Ocean

(2010) Skye Morét-Ferguson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence, distribution and characteristics of beached plastic production pellets on the island of Malta (central Mediterranean)

(2010) Andrew Turner et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2010) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

Biodegradability of Plastics

(2009) Yutaka Tokiwa et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES