Ecotoxicity of polyethylene nanoplastics from the North Atlantic oceanic gyre on freshwater and marine organisms (microalgae and filter-feeding bivalves)

Current opinion: What is a nanoplastic?

(2018) Julien Gigault et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Marine litter plastics and microplastics and their toxic chemicals components: the need for urgent preventive measures

(2018) Frederic Gallo et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

Trophic transfer and individual impact of nano-sized polystyrene in a four-species freshwater food chain

(2018) Yooeun Chae et al.   Scientific Reports

To what extent are microplastics from the open ocean weathered?

(2017) Alexandra ter Halle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Nanoplastic in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2017) Alexandra Ter Halle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Brain damage and behavioural disorders in fish induced by plastic nanoparticles delivered through the food chain

(2017) Karin Mattsson et al.   Scientific Reports

Characterisation of nanoplastics during the degradation of polystyrene

(2016) Scott Lambert et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastics in seafood: Benchmark protocol for their extraction and characterization

(2016) Alexandre Dehaut et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Understanding the Fragmentation Pattern of Marine Plastic Debris

(2016) Alexandra ter Halle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Environmentally relevant concentrations of microplastic particles influence larval fish ecology

(2016) Oona M. Lönnstedt et al.   SCIENCE

(Nano)plastics in the environment – Sources, fates and effects

(2016) João Pinto da Costa et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Ingestion of Nanoplastics and Microplastics by Pacific Oyster Larvae

(2015) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Long-Term Sorption of Metals Is Similar among Plastic Types: Implications for Plastic Debris in Aquatic Environments

(2014) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   PLoS One

Isolation of microplastics in biota-rich seawater samples and marine organisms

(2014) Matthew Cole et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastic ingestion decreases energy reserves in marine worms

(2013) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton

(2013) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Polystyrene Nanoparticles Perturb Lipid Membranes

(2013) Giulia Rossi et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Effects of nanopolystyrene on the feeding behavior of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulisL.)

(2012) A. Wegner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Food Chain Transport of Nanoparticles Affects Behaviour and Fat Metabolism in Fish

(2012) Tommy Cedervall et al.   PLoS One

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Experimental and theoretical comparison of intracellular import of polymeric nanoparticles and small molecules: toward models of uptake kinetics

(2011) Anna Salvati et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

Physical Adsorption of Charged Plastic Nanoparticles Affects Algal Photosynthesis

(2010) Priyanka Bhattacharya et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Association of metals with plastic production pellets in the marine environment

(2010) Karen Ashton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2010) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

Marine aggregates facilitate ingestion of nanoparticles by suspension-feeding bivalves

(2009) J. Evan Ward et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH