Knowledge about Microplastic in Mediterranean Tributary River Ecosystems: Lack of Data and Research Needs on Such a Crucial Marine Pollution Source

Coastal accumulation of microplastic particles emitted from the Po River, Northern Italy: Comparing remote sensing and hydrodynamic modelling with in situ sample collections

(2019) Elizabeth C. Atwood et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics occurrence in edible fish species (Mullus barbatus and Merluccius merluccius) collected in three different geographical sub-areas of the Mediterranean Sea

(2019) Dario Giani et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in cosmetics: Environmental issues and needs for global bans

(2019) C. Guerranti et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Beached microplastics in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

(2019) Mel Constant et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in commercial molluscs from the lagoon of Bizerte (Northern Tunisia)

(2019) Sami Abidli et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic contamination and pollutant levels in mussels and cockles collected along the channel coasts

(2019) Ludovic Hermabessiere et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Modelling global river export of microplastics to the marine environment: Sources and future trends

(2019) Jikke van Wijnen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Assessment the effect of exposure to microplastics in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) early juvenile: I. blood biomarkers

(2019) Mohamed Hamed et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Spatial distribution of microplastics in sediments and surface waters of the southern North Sea

(2019) Claudia Lorenz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics and their possible sources: The example of Ofanto river in Southeast Italy

(2019) Claudia Campanale et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Exploring microplastic ingestion by three deep-water elasmobranch species: A case study from the Tyrrhenian Sea

(2019) Tommaso Valente et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

River Deltas as hotspots of microplastic accumulation: The case study of the Ebro River (NW Mediterranean)

(2019) Laura Simon-Sánchez et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Mediterranean dirty edge: High level of meso and macroplastics pollution on the Turkish coast

(2019) Sedat Gündoğdu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Abundance and distribution of large microplastics (1–5 mm) within beach sediments at the Po River Delta, northeast Italy

(2019) Sarah Piehl et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics pollution along the Lebanese coast (Eastern Mediterranean Basin): Occurrence in surface water, sediments and biota samples

(2019) Maria Kazour et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

First evidence of microplastic ingestion by fishes from the Amazon River estuary

(2018) Tamyris de Souza e Silva Pegado et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic contents from maricultured and natural mussels

(2018) Monia Renzi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic levels in sediments closed to Cecina river estuary (Tuscany, Italy)

(2018) Andrea Blašković et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Is the microplastic selective according to the habitat? Records in amphioxus sands, Mäerl bed habitats and Cymodocea nodosa habitats

(2018) Monia Renzi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence of microplastics in surface waters of the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean Sea)

(2018) Natascha Schmidt et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Synthetic and non-synthetic anthropogenic fibers in a river under the impact of Paris Megacity: Sampling methodological aspects and flux estimations

(2018) Rachid Dris et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A Methodology for Measuring Microplastic Transport in Large or Medium Rivers

(2018) Marcel Liedermann et al.   Water

Ingested microplastic as a two-way transporter for PBDEs in Talitrus saltator

(2018) Costanza Scopetani et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Using mussel as a global bioindicator of coastal microplastic pollution

(2018) Jiana Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

First account of plastic pollution impacting freshwater fishes in the Amazon: Ingestion of plastic debris by piranhas and other serrasalmids with diverse feeding habits

(2018) Marcelo C. Andrade et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A potpourri of microplastics in the sea surface and water column of the Mediterranean Sea

(2018) Alessandra Cincinelli et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

A snapshot of microplastics in the coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea

(2018) Tania Martellini et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microplastics and mesoplastics in fish from coastal and fresh waters of China

(2017) Khalida Jabeen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic contamination in Lake Winnipeg, Canada

(2017) Philip J. Anderson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Small plastic debris in sediments from the Central Adriatic Sea: Types, occurrence and distribution

(2017) Michele Mistri et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic litter in aquatic environments of Maremma Regional Park (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy): Contribution by the Ombrone river and levels in marine sediments

(2017) Cristiana Guerranti et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A standardized method for sampling and extraction methods for quantifying microplastics in beach sand

(2017) Aiken Besley et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A large-scale investigation of microplastic contamination: Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in European beach sediment

(2017) Froukje A.E. Lots et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic litter in sediments from the coasts of south Tuscany (Tyrrhenian Sea)

(2017) Susanna Cannas et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastic debris in the Mediterranean Sea: Types, occurrence and distribution along Adriatic shorelines

(2017) Cristina Munari et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Export of microplastics from land to sea. A modelling approach

(2017) Max Siegfried et al.   WATER RESEARCH

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

(2016) Maria Cristina Fossi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of conventional and biodegradable microplastics on a marine ecosystem engineer (Arenicola marina) and sediment nutrient cycling

(2016) Dannielle Senga Green et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Is there any consistency between the microplastics found in the field and those used in laboratory experiments?

(2016) Nam Ngoc Phuong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

First evidence of microplastics in the African Great Lakes: Recovery from Lake Victoria Nile perch and Nile tilapia

(2016) Fares John Biginagwa et al.   JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH

Regional approach to modeling the transport of floating plastic debris in the Adriatic Sea

(2016) S. Liubartseva et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The Effects of Natural and Anthropogenic Microparticles on Individual Fitness in Daphnia magna

(2016) Martin Ogonowski et al.   PLoS One

Plastic pollution in Swiss surface waters: nature and concentrations, interaction with pollutants

(2015) Florian Faure et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Accumulation of floating microplastics behind the Three Gorges Dam

(2015) Kai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Evaluating a Great Lakes scale landscape stressor index to assess water quality in the St. Louis River Area of Concern

(2015) Will M. Bartsch et al.   JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH

Microplastics in sediments: A review of techniques, occurrence and effects

(2015) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe 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

Debris ingestion by juvenile marine turtles: An underestimated problem

(2015) Robson Guimarães Santos et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ingestion of microplastics by commercial fish off the Portuguese coast

(2015) Diogo Neves et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics profile along the Rhine River

(2015) Thomas Mani et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastic pollution in St. Lawrence River sediments

(2014) Rowshyra A. Castañeda et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

The Danube so colourful: A potpourri of plastic litter outnumbers fish larvae in Europe's second largest river

(2014) Aaron Lechner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Large filter feeding marine organisms as indicators of microplastic in the pelagic environment: The case studies of the Mediterranean basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

(2014) Maria Cristina Fossi 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

Macrodebris and microplastics from beaches in Slovenia

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

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

(2013) Paul Farrell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Wild gudgeons (Gobio gobio) from French rivers are contaminated by microplastics: Preliminary study and first evidence

(2013) Wilfried Sanchez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

Are baleen whales exposed to microplastics threat? The case study of the Mediterranean Fin whale

(2012) M.C. Fossi et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world’s oceans

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

Distribution and Degradation of Fresh Water Plastic Particles Along the Beaches of Lake Huron, Canada

(2011) Maciej Zbyszewski et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

River discharges of water and nutrients to the Mediterranean and Black Sea: Major drivers for ecosystem changes during past and future decades?

(2009) Wolfgang Ludwig et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY