Towards Characterising Microplastic Abundance, Typology and Retention in Mangrove-Dominated Estuaries

Sinking of microbial-associated microplastics in natural waters

(2020) Thu Ha Nguyen et al.   PLoS One

Global distribution of microplastics and its impact on marine environment—a review

(2020) Nithin Ajith et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Microplastics in aquatic environment: characterization, ecotoxicological effect, implications for ecosystems and developments in South Africa

(2020) Omoniyi Pereao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Dynamic distribution of microplastics in mangrove sediments in Beibu Gulf, South China: Implications of tidal current velocity and tidal range

(2020) Linlin Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Aliens in the city: Towards identifying non-indigenous floristic hotspots within an urban matrix

(2020) Minoli Appalasamy et al.   FLORA

Minimising the present and future plastic waste, energy and environmental footprints related to COVID-19

(2020) Jiří Jaromír Klemeš et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Influential factors on microplastics occurrence in river sediments

(2020) Beibei He et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The occurrence of microplastics in water bodies in urban agglomerations: Impacts of drainage system overflow in wet weather, catchment land-uses, and environmental management practices

(2020) Hao Chen et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastic pollution in estuaries across a gradient of human impact

(2019) James N. Hitchcock et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Mangrove forests as traps for marine litter

(2019) Cecilia Martin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of polyester microfibers on soil physical properties: Perception from a field and a pot experiment

(2019) G.S. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Marine litter and microplastic pollution on mangrove soils of the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean

(2019) Ostin Garcés-Ordóñez et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Small microplastic particles (S-MPPs) in sediments of mangrove ecosystem on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf

(2019) Abolfazl Naji et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic in the sediments of a highly eutrophic tropical estuary

(2019) Vivianne E.N. Alves et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Analysis of suspended microplastics in the Changjiang Estuary: Implications for riverine plastic load to the ocean

(2019) Shiye Zhao et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Quantification and characterisation of microplastics ingested by selected juvenile fish species associated with mangroves in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

(2019) Trishan Naidoo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastic microbeads: small yet mighty concerning

(2019) Shaima S. Miraj et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH

The distribution, characteristics and ecological risks of microplastics in the mangroves of Southern China

(2019) Ruili Li et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Characteristics and distribution of microplastics in the coastal mangrove sediments of China

(2019) Qian Zhou et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Superimposed microplastic pollution in a coastal metropolis

(2019) Lei Su et al.   WATER RESEARCH

How microplastics quantities increase with flood events? An example from Mersin Bay NE Levantine coast of Turkey

(2018) Sedat Gündoğdu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Consistent patterns of debris on South African beaches indicate that industrial pellets and other mesoplastic items mostly derive from local sources

(2018) Peter G. Ryan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic risk assessment in surface waters: A case study in the Changjiang Estuary, China

(2018) Pei Xu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Growth kinetics and biodeterioration of polypropylene microplastics by Bacillus sp. and Rhodococcus sp. isolated from mangrove sediment

(2018) H.S. Auta et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Micro-plastic ingestion by waterbirds from contaminated wetlands in South Africa

(2018) Chevonne Reynolds et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sinks and sources: Assessing microplastic abundance in river sediment and deposit feeders in an Austral temperate urban river system

(2018) Holly A. Nel et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Impacts of Microplastics on the Soil Biophysical Environment

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Characterization, source, and retention of microplastic in sandy beaches and mangrove wetlands of the Qinzhou Bay, China

(2018) Jia Li et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in offshore sediment in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea, China

(2018) Chunfang Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in the mangrove sediment of the semi-enclosed Maowei Sea of the south China sea: New implications for location, rhizosphere, and sediment compositions

(2018) Ruilong Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Abundance, Distribution, and Drivers of Microplastic Contamination in Urban River Environments

(2018) Joseph Tibbetts et al.   Water

Plastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems: macro-, meso-, and microplastic debris in a floodplain lake

(2017) Martin C. M. Blettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Screening of Bacillus strains isolated from mangrove ecosystems in Peninsular Malaysia for microplastic degradation

(2017) H.S. Auta et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Large microplastic particles in sediments of tributaries of the River Thames, UK – Abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic abundance, distribution and composition along a latitudinal gradient in the Atlantic Ocean

(2017) La Daana K. Kanhai et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Do microplastic loads reflect the population demographics along the southern African coastline?

(2017) Holly Astrid Nel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic litter in sediments from the Croatian marine protected area of the natural park of Telaščica bay (Adriatic Sea)

(2017) Andrea Blašković et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic debris and microplastics along the beaches of the Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf

(2017) Abolfazl Naji et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics pollution in inland freshwaters of China: A case study in urban surface waters of Wuhan, China

(2017) Wenfeng Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Amberstripe scad Decapterus muroadsi (Carangidae) fish ingest blue microplastics resembling their copepod prey along the coast of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the South Pacific subtropical gyre

(2017) Nicolas Christian Ory et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Morphology of Four Root Types and Anatomy of Root-Root Junction in Relation Gas Pathway of Avicennia Marina (Forsk) Vierh Roots

(2017) Hery Purnobasuki et al.   Vegetos

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

The presence of microplastics in commercial salts from different countries

(2017) Ali Karami et al.   Scientific Reports

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

(2016) Carme Alomar et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Sources and sinks of plastic debris in estuaries: A conceptual model integrating biological, physical and chemical distribution mechanisms

(2016) Peter Vermeiren et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Release of synthetic microplastic plastic fibres from domestic washing machines: Effects of fabric type and washing conditions

(2016) Imogen E. Napper et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The mangroves of South Africa: An ecophysiological review

(2016) Gonasageran Naidoo   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Microplastic in surface waters of urban rivers: concentration, sources, and associated bacterial assemblages

(2016) Amanda R. McCormick et al.   Ecosphere

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

(2016) Martin Ogonowski et al.   PLoS One

A quantitative analysis of microplastic pollution along the south-eastern coastline of South Africa

(2015) H.A. Nel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic pollution in five urban estuaries of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

(2015) Trishan Naidoo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Microplastics in coastal and marine environments of the western tropical and sub-tropical Atlantic Ocean

(2015) Monica F. Costa et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

Distribution patterns of microplastics within the plankton of a tropical estuary

(2014) A.R.A. Lima et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Microplastics in Four Estuarine Rivers in the Chesapeake Bay, U.S.A.

(2014) Lance T. Yonkos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

On the quantity and composition of floating plastic debris entering and leaving the Tamar Estuary, Southwest England

(2014) Saeed S. Sadri et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Suspended microplastics in the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary System, China: First observations on occurrence, distribution

(2014) Shiye Zhao et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris

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

Microplastics in Singapore’s coastal mangrove ecosystems

(2013) Nur Hazimah Mohamed Nor et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic debris retention and exportation by a mangrove forest patch

(2013) Juliana A. Ivar do Sul et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Occurrence of microplastics in the gastrointestinal tract of pelagic and demersal fish from the English Channel

(2012) A.L. Lusher et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

(2011) Mark Anthony Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic contamination in the decapod crustacean Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

(2011) Fiona Murray et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The comparative diet of the dominant zooplankton species in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa

(2010) N. K. Carrasco et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Evaluation of solid residues removed from a mangrove swamp in the São Vicente Estuary, SP, Brazil

(2010) C.A.M.M. Cordeiro et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic ingestion by planktivorous fishes in the North Pacific Central Gyre

(2010) Christiana M. Boerger et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Contributing to marine pollution by washing your face: Microplastics in facial cleansers

(2009) Lisa S. Fendall et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN