Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Chemically Characterized Microplastics within the Protected Area of Pelagos Sanctuary (NW Mediterranean Sea): Focus on Natural and Urban Beaches

Raman Spectroscopy from Laboratory and Proximal to Remote Sensing: A Tool for the Volcanological Sciences

(2020) Daniele Giordano et al.   Remote Sensing

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Debris Survey in Coastal Areas: Long-Term Monitoring Programme to Study Spatial and Temporal Accumulation of the Dynamics of Beached Marine Litter

(2020) Silvia Merlino et al.   Remote Sensing

Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris

(2019) Nanna B. Hartmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Visual observations of floating macro litter around Italy (Mediterranean Sea)

(2019) CLAUDIA CAMPANALE et al.   MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE

Dynamics of plastic resin pellets deposition on a microtidal sandy beach: Informative variables and potential integration into sandy beach studies

(2018) Lucia Fanini et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of Italian Subalpine Lakes

(2018) Maria Sighicelli et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A novel way to rapidly monitor microplastics in soil by hyperspectral imaging technology and chemometrics

(2018) Jiajia shan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Sources and distribution of microplastics in China's largest inland lake – Qinghai Lake

(2018) Xiong Xiong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in Swiss Floodplain Soils

(2018) Michael Scheurer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Fast microplastics identification with stimulated Raman scattering microscopy

(2018) Liron Zada et al.   JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

Microplastics on the Portuguese coast

(2018) J. Antunes et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine litter on the beaches of the Adriatic and Ionian Seas: An assessment of their abundance, composition and sources

(2018) Thomais Vlachogianni et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Spatial distribution of marine litter along italian coastal areas in the Pelagos sanctuary (Ligurian Sea - NW Mediterranean Sea): A focus on natural and urban beaches

(2018) Alice Giovacchini et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Anticyclonic eddies increase accumulation of microplastic in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre

(2018) Laurent Brach et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic pellets, meso- and microplastics on the coastline of Northern Crete: Distribution and organic pollution

(2018) Katerina Karkanorachaki et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in surface waters and sediments of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

(2018) Mingxiao Di et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review on occurrence, environmental effects, and methods for microplastics detection

(2018) Jingyi Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Identification of microplastics using Raman spectroscopy: Latest developments and future prospects

(2018) Catarina F. Araujo et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics along the beaches of southeast coast of India

(2018) R. Karthik et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Current reversal and associated variability within the Corsica Channel: The 2004 case study

(2018) Roberta Sciascia et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Fishing lines and fish hooks as neglected marine litter: first data on chemical composition, densities, and biological entrapment from a Mediterranean beach

(2018) Corrado Battisti et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Methods for sampling and detection of microplastics in water and sediment: A critical review

(2018) Joana Correia Prata et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microplastic pollution in Vembanad Lake, Kerala, India: The first report of microplastics in lake and estuarine sediments in India

(2017) S. Sruthy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Bohai Sea, China

(2017) Weiwei Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Comparison of different methods for MP detection: What can we learn from them, and why asking the right question before measurements matters?

(2017) Anna M. Elert et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Lost, but Found with Nile Red: A Novel Method for Detecting and Quantifying Small Microplastics (1 mm to 20 μm) in Environmental Samples

(2017) Gabriel Erni-Cassola et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Screening for microplastics in sediment, water, marine invertebrates and fish: Method development and microplastic accumulation

(2017) Therese M. Karlsson 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

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

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

The plastic in microplastics: A review

(2017) Anthony L. Andrady   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

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

(2017) Laurent C. M. Lebreton et al.   Nature Communications

A rapid-screening approach to detect and quantify microplastics based on fluorescent tagging with Nile Red

(2017) Thomas Maes et al.   Scientific Reports

Litter composition and source contribution for 80 beaches in Greece, Eastern Mediterranean: A nationwide voluntary clean-up campaign

(2017) S. Kordella et al.   AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM HEALTH & MANAGEMENT

Physical and dynamical characteristics of a 300 m-deep anticyclonic eddy in the Ligurian Sea (Northwest Mediterranean Sea): Evidence from a multi-platform sampling strategy

(2016) Ines Borrione et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Plastic debris and policy: Using current scientific understanding to invoke positive change

(2016) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Beach litter occurrence in sandy littorals: The potential role of urban areas, rivers and beach users in central Italy

(2016) Gianluca Poeta et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

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

(2016) Carme Alomar et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Are we eating plastic-ingesting fish?

(2016) Daniele de A. Miranda et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Characterization of microplastic and mesoplastic debris in sediments from Kamilo Beach and Kahuku Beach, Hawai'i

(2016) Alan M. Young et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A semi-automated Raman micro-spectroscopy method for morphological and chemical characterizations of microplastic litter

(2016) Frère L. et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The cotton buds beach: Marine litter assessment along the Tyrrhenian coast of central Italy following the marine strategy framework directive criteria

(2016) Gianluca Poeta et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments

(2016) Anika Ballent et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Synthetic shorelines in New Zealand? Quantification and characterisation of microplastic pollution on Canterbury's coastlines

(2016) PJ Clunies-Ross et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Marine litter on Mediterranean shores: Analysis of composition, spatial distribution and sources in north-western Adriatic beaches

(2016) Cristina Munari et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

The Mediterranean Plastic Soup: synthetic polymers in Mediterranean surface waters

(2016) Giuseppe Suaria et al.   Scientific Reports

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

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

(2015) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Evaluation of beach cleanup effects using linear system analysis

(2015) Tomoya Kataoka et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

Monitoring the impact of litter in large vertebrates in the Mediterranean Sea within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD): Constraints, specificities and recommendations

(2014) F. Galgani et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

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 in Mediterranean sandy littorals: Spatial distribution patterns along central Italy coastal dunes

(2014) Gianluca Poeta et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic debris in the open ocean

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

Global warming releases microplastic legacy frozen in Arctic Sea ice

(2014) Rachel W. Obbard et al.   Earths Future

Contamination of beach sediments of a subalpine lake with microplastic particles

(2013) Hannes K. Imhof et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments

(2013) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A new analytical approach for monitoring microplastics in marine sediments

(2013) Marie-Theres Nuelle 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

Resin pellets from beaches of the Portuguese coast and adsorbed persistent organic pollutants

(2013) J.C. Antunes et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

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

Comparing plastic ingestion in juvenile and adult stranded short-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) in eastern Australia

(2013) Heidi Acampora et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine litter from circalittoral and deeper bottoms off the Maltese islands (Central Mediterranean)

(2013) R. MIFSUD et al.   MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE

Origin, dynamics and evolution of ocean garbage patches from observed surface drifters

(2012) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

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 Complex Interaction between Marine Debris and Toxic Chemicals in the Ocean

(2012) Richard E. Engler   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Long-Term Field Measurement of Sorption of Organic Contaminants to Five Types of Plastic Pellets: Implications for Plastic Marine Debris

(2012) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

(2011) Fiona Murray et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastics and Health Risks

(2010) Rolf U. Halden   Annual Review of Public Health

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

(2010) Andrew Turner et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

International Pellet Watch: Global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs

(2009) Yuko Ogata 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

Synthetic polymers in the marine environment: A rapidly increasing, long-term threat

(2008) Charles James Moore   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Seasonal evolution of beach waste and litter during the bathing season on the Catalan coast

(2008) Eduard Ariza et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

The Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean marine mammals

(2007) Giuseppe Notarbartolo-di-Sciara et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Benthic marine litter in four Gulfs in Greece, Eastern Mediterranean; abundance, composition and source identification

(2007) Andreas Koutsodendris et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE