Microplastic distribution in urban vs pristine mangroves: using marine sponges as bioindicators of environmental pollution

Surrounded by microplastic, since when? Testing the feasibility of exploring past levels of plastic microfibre pollution using natural history museum collections

(2020) Larissa Modica et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in sediment cores as indicators of temporal trends in microplastic pollution in Andong salt marsh, Hangzhou Bay, China

(2020) Jingjing Li et al.   Regional Studies in Marine Science

Coastal ocean dynamics reduce the export of microplastics to the open ocean

(2020) Zhiwei Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Environmental risk of trace elements in mangrove ecosystems: An assessment of natural vs oil and urban inputs

(2020) Omar Celis-Hernandez et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Sponges as bioindicators for microparticulate pollutants?

(2020) Elsa B. Girard et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Identification of tidal trapping of microplastics in a temperate salt marsh system using sea surface microlayer sampling

(2020) Jessica L. Stead et al.   Scientific Reports

Plastic density as a key factor in the presence of microplastic in the gastrointestinal tract of commercial fishes from Campeche Bay, Mexico

(2020) Merle M. Borges-Ramírez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Diversity of mangrove root-dwelling sponges in a tropical coastal ecosystem in the southern Gulf of Mexico region

(2020) Pedro de Jesús Castellanos-Pérez et al.   HELGOLAND MARINE RESEARCH

Microplastics accumulation in sediments and Periophthalmus waltoni fish, mangrove forests in southern Iran

(2020) Zeinab Maghsodian et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

The ecotoxicological effects of microplastics on aquatic food web, from primary producer to human: A review

(2019) Wenfeng Wang et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Microplastics in the surface seawaters of Chabahar Bay, Gulf of Oman (Makran Coasts)

(2019) Mojgan Khamarzadeh Aliabad et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in special protected areas for migratory birds in the Bay of Biscay

(2019) Paula Masiá et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Seagrass beds acting as a trap of microplastics - Emerging hotspot in the coastal region?

(2019) Yuzhou Huang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in Tampa Bay, Florida: Abundance and variability in estuarine waters and sediments

(2019) Kinsley McEachern et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Microplastic pollution in water and sediment in a textile industrial area

(2019) Hua Deng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A baseline assessment of beach macrolitter and microplastics along northeastern Atlantic shores

(2019) Nadja Velez et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Evidence for non-selective ingestion of microplastic in demersal fish

(2019) Hing Sang Hamsun Chan et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Interaction of chemical contaminants with microplastics: Principles and perspectives

(2019) Omowunmi H. Fred-Ahmadu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Comparison of the abundance of microplastics between rural and urban areas: A case study from East Dongting Lake

(2019) Lingshi Yin et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastics in the environment: Challenges in analytical chemistry - A review

(2018) Ana B. Silva et al.   ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA

Microplastic hotspots in the Snake and Lower Columbia rivers: A journey from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to the Pacific Ocean

(2018) Kirsten J. Kapp et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Marine sponges as a powerful tool for trace elements biomonitoring studies in coastal environment

(2018) Anna Maria Orani et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Interaction of toxic chemicals with microplastics: A critical review

(2018) Fen Wang et al.   WATER RESEARCH

A rapid method for assessing the accumulation of microplastics in the sea surface microlayer (SML) of estuarine systems

(2018) Zachary T. Anderson et al.   Scientific Reports

Perspectives on using marine species as bioindicators of plastic pollution

(2018) Giuseppe Bonanno et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Compartmentalization of potentially hazardous elements in macrophytes: Insights into capacity and efficiency of accumulation

(2017) Giuseppe Bonanno et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION

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

(2017) Therese M. Karlsson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The plastic in microplastics: A review

(2017) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ingestion of microplastics by natural zooplankton groups in the northern South China Sea

(2017) Xiaoxia Sun et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ingestion of microplastics by fish and its potential consequences from a physical perspective

(2017) Boris Jovanović   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Bats as bioindicators of heavy metal pollution: history and prospect

(2015) Jan Zukal et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Marine sponges with contrasting life histories can be complementary biomonitors of heavy metal pollution in coastal ecosystems

(2014) Daniela Batista et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

(2013) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A new analytical approach for monitoring microplastics in marine sediments

(2013) Marie-Theres Nuelle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The porifera Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1818) as a bioindicator for water quality monitoring

(2012) Marie-Laure Mahaut et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Trace metal concentrations in the tropical sponge Spheciospongia vagabunda at a sewage outfall: synchrotron X-ray imaging reveals the micron-scale distribution of accumulated metals

(2012) Anna Padovan et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Improving selection of indicator species when detection is imperfect

(2011) Natasha A. Urban et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

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

Organic pollutants in microplastics from two beaches of the Portuguese coast

(2010) J.P.G.L. Frias 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

The use of marine sponge, Haliclona tenuiramosa as bioindicator to monitor heavy metal pollution in the coasts of Gulf of Mannar, India

(2008) J. Venkateswara Rao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT