Assessment of plastic pollution in the Bohai Sea: abundance, distribution, morphological characteristics and chemical components

Coastal margins and backshores represent a major sink for marine debris: insights from a continental-scale analysis

(2020) Arianna Olivelli et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Jellyfish as innovative bioindicator for plastic pollution

(2020) A. Macali et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Are the tidal flooded forests sinks for litter in the Amazonian estuary?

(2020) Myckey Gonçalves et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Deep sea sediments of the Arctic Central Basin: A potential sink for microplastics

(2019) La Daana K. Kanhai et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Microplastic distribution in surface sediments along the Spanish Mediterranean continental shelf

(2019) Ana Virginia Filgueiras et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Distribution characteristics of microplastics in the seawater and sediment: A case study in Jiaozhou Bay, China

(2019) Yifan Zheng et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

(2019) Claudia Lorenz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic in the sediments of a highly eutrophic tropical estuary

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

Environmental occurrences, fate, and impacts of microplastics

(2019) Panfeng Wu et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Microplastics in the environment: A critical review of current understanding and identification of future research needs

(2019) Zeynep Akdogan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Trophic transfer of microplastics and mixed contaminants in the marine food web and implications for human health

(2018) Maddison Carbery et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastics in seawater and zooplankton from the Yellow Sea

(2018) Xiaoxia Sun et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in a wind farm area: A case study at the Rudong Offshore Wind Farm, Yellow Sea, China

(2018) Teng Wang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Abundance of plastic microbeads in Hong Kong coastal water

(2018) Wing Kwan So et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Abundance and characterization of microplastics in the coastal waters of Tuscany (Italy): The application of the MSFD monitoring protocol in the Mediterranean Sea

(2018) Matteo Baini et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Suspended microplastics in a highly polluted bay: Abundance, size, and availability for mesozooplankton

(2018) Gisela M. Figueiredo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Lost but can't be neglected: Huge quantities of small microplastics hide in the South China Sea

(2018) Minggang Cai et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Xiamen coastal areas: Implications for anthropogenic impacts

(2018) Guowen Tang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Connecting flux, deposition and resuspension in coastal debris surveys

(2018) Eavan Brennan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic pollution in sediments from the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, China

(2018) Jianmin Zhao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Spatio-temporal comparison of neustonic microplastic density in Hong Kong waters under the influence of the Pearl River Estuary

(2018) Pui Kwan Cheung et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Assessment of microplastics derived from mariculture in Xiangshan Bay, China

(2018) Minglong Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Occurrence of microplastics in the water column and sediment in an inland sea affected by intensive anthropogenic activities

(2018) Zhenfei Dai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2018) Chunfang Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Trapping of plastics in semi-enclosed seas: Insights from the Bohai Sea, China

(2018) Yanfang Li et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Preliminary study of the source apportionment and diversity of microplastics: Taking floating microplastics in the South China Sea as an example

(2018) Teng Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Distribution and importance of microplastics in the marine environment: A review of the sources, fate, effects, and potential solutions

(2017) H.S. Auta et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastic pollution identified in deep-sea water and ingested by benthic invertebrates in the Rockall Trough, North Atlantic Ocean

(2017) Winnie Courtene-Jones et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2017) Weiwei Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Influence of environmental and anthropogenic factors on the composition, concentration and spatial distribution of microplastics: A case study of the Bay of Brest (Brittany, France)

(2017) L. Frère et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ups and Downs in the Ocean: Effects of Biofouling on Vertical Transport of Microplastics

(2017) Merel Kooi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

High Quantities of Microplastic in Arctic Deep-Sea Sediments from the HAUSGARTEN Observatory

(2017) Melanie Bergmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

(2017) Aiken Besley et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The First Evaluation of Microplastics in Sediments from the Complex Lagoon-Channel of Bizerte (Northern Tunisia)

(2017) Sami Abidli et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

First evaluation of neustonic microplastics in Black Sea waters

(2016) Ulgen Aytan et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Microplastics in coastal sediments from Southern Portuguese shelf waters

(2016) J.P.G.L. Frias et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

(2016) Carme Alomar et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Plastic waste in the marine environment: A review of sources, occurrence and effects

(2016) W.C. LI et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in the aquatic and terrestrial environment: sources (with a specific focus on personal care products), fate and effects

(2016) Karen Duis et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

The effect of particle properties on the depth profile of buoyant plastics in the ocean

(2016) Merel Kooi et al.   Scientific Reports

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

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

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

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

Characterisation, quantity and sorptive properties of microplastics extracted from cosmetics

(2015) Imogen E. Napper 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

Widespread distribution of microplastics in subsurface seawater in the NE Pacific Ocean

(2014) Jean-Pierre W. Desforges et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Rivers as a source of marine litter – A study from the SE Pacific

(2014) S. Rech 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

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

Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments

(2013) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Pelagic microplastics around an archipelago of the Equatorial Atlantic

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

Presence of plastic debris in loggerhead turtle stranded along the Tuscany coasts of the Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals (Italy)

(2013) Tommaso Campani 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

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

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

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

Association of metals with plastic production pellets in the marine environment

(2010) Karen Ashton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Derelict fishing nets in Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits: Patterns and threats to marine fauna

(2009) Thomas P. Good et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Our plastic age

(2009) R. C. Thompson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Monitoring the abundance of plastic debris in the marine environment

(2009) P. G. Ryan et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES