Fouling organisms in marine litter (rafting on abiogenic substrates): A global review of literature

The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris

(2020) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Bottom-trawl catch composition in a highly polluted coastal area reveals multifaceted native biodiversity and complex communities of fouling organisms on litter discharge

(2020) Fabio Crocetta et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Invasive corals hitchhiking in the Southwestern Atlantic

(2020) Laiza Cabral Faria et al.   ECOLOGY

Transoceanic dispersal of terrestrial species by debris rafting

(2020) Zoë Lindo   ECOGRAPHY

The potential of large rafting objects to spread Lessepsian invaders: the case of a detached buoy

(2019) Angelina Ivkić et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Sources, transport, and accumulation of different types of plastic litter in aquatic environments: A review study

(2019) A.E. Schwarz et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Dynamics of a biofouling community in finfish aquaculture: a case study from the South Adriatic Sea

(2019) Daniela Pica et al.   BIOFOULING

Exotic species dominate marinas between the two most populated regions in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

(2019) Felipe T. Oricchio et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Assemblage of encrusting organisms on floating anthropogenic debris along the northern coast of the Persian Gulf

(2019) Fatemeh Shabani et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Marine invertebrate larvae love plastics: Habitat selection and settlement on artificial substrates

(2019) Javier Pinochet et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Colonization of floats from submerged derelict fishing gears by four protected species of deep-sea corals and barnacles in the Strait of Messina (central Mediterranean Sea)

(2019) Pietro Battaglia et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Estimating a regional budget of marine plastic litter in order to advise on marine management measures

(2019) W.R. Turrell   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Temporal and spatial variability of beach litter in Mangaluru, India

(2019) Bindu Sulochanan et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic nets as substrate for reef corals in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia

(2018) B. W. Hoeksema et al.   CORAL REEFS

Alert calling in port areas: Marine litter as possible secondary dispersal vector for hitchhiking invasive species

(2018) Laura Miralles et al.   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Beach litter and woody-debris colonizers on the Atlantico department Caribbean coastline, Colombia

(2018) Adriana Gracia C. et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine debris on beaches of Arraial do Cabo, RJ, Brazil: An important coastal tourist destination

(2018) Melanie Lopes da Silva et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Spatio-temporal variation of anthropogenic marine debris on Chilean beaches

(2018) Valeria Hidalgo-Ruz et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Quantification of marine macro-debris abundance around Vancouver Island, Canada, based on archived aerial photographs processed by projective transformation

(2018) Tomoya Kataoka et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The influx of marine debris from the Great Japan Tsunami of 2011 to North American shorelines

(2018) Cathryn Clarke Murray et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

An undescribed species of putative Japanese Pyropia first appeared on the central coast of British Columbia, Canada, in 2015

(2018) Sandra C. Lindstrom   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Transoceanic dispersal of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis on Japanese tsunami marine debris: An approach for evaluating rafting of a coastal species at sea

(2018) Jessica A. Miller et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Anthropogenic marine litter composition in coastal areas may be a predictor of potentially invasive rafting fauna

(2018) Sabine Rech et al.   PLoS One

Cyclone-driven marine rafting: storms drive rapid dispersal of buoyant kelp rafts

(2018) JM Waters et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

How has the invention of the shipping container influenced marine bioinvasion?

(2018) Noa Shenkar et al.   Management of Biological Invasions

Marine debris in Trindade Island, a remote island of the South Atlantic

(2018) Ryan Andrades et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Aquaculture and urban marine structures facilitate native and non-indigenous species transfer through generation and accumulation of marine debris

(2017) Marnie L. Campbell et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Spatial and temporal variation of macro-, meso- and microplastic abundance on a remote coral island of the Maldives, Indian Ocean

(2017) Hannes K. Imhof et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Beach macro-litter monitoring and floating microplastic in a coastal area of Indonesia

(2017) Agung Dhamar Syakti et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Tsunami-driven rafting: Transoceanic species dispersal and implications for marine biogeography

(2017) James T. Carlton et al.   SCIENCE

The Portuguese man-of-war: Gone with the wind

(2017) Luis Ferrer et al.   Regional Studies in Marine Science

Room for one more? Coexistence of native and non-indigenous barnacle species

(2016) M. C. Gallagher et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Biofouling on buoyant marine plastics: An experimental study into the effect of size on surface longevity

(2016) Francesca M.C. Fazey et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The influence of substrate material on ascidian larval settlement

(2016) Anna L. Chase et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine litter as a vector for non-native species: What we need to know

(2016) Sabine Rech et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

(2016) Cristina Munari et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Spatial–temporal analysis of marine debris on beaches of Niterói, RJ, Brazil: Itaipu and Itacoatiara

(2015) Melanie Lopes da Silva et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The impact of debris on marine life

(2015) S.C. Gall et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Relationship of diversity and habitat area in North Pacific plastic-associated rafting communities

(2014) Miriam C. Goldstein et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

First record of Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798 (Bivalvia: Pteroidea) attached to a rafting item: a potentially invasive species on the Uruguayan coast

(2014) Rodrigo Cesar Marques et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Non-indigenous sun corals invade mussel beds in Brazil

(2014) Marcelo C. Mantelatto et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife

(2014) AC Vegter et al.   Endangered Species Research

Litter survey detects the South Atlantic ‘garbage patch’

(2013) Peter G. Ryan   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Adapted for invasion? Comparing attachment, drag and dislodgment of native and nonindigenous hull fouling species

(2012) Cathryn Clarke Murray et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

South African pelagic goose barnacles (Cirripedia, Thoracica): substratum preferences and influence of plastic debris on abundance and distribution

(2012) T. Otto Whitehead et al.   CRUSTACEANA

Rafting on abiotic substrata: properties of floating items and their influence on community succession

(2011) M Bravo et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Trans-Atlantic rafting by the brooding reef coral Favia fragum on man-made flotsam

(2011) BW Hoeksema et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Long-distance dispersal: a framework for hypothesis testing

(2011) Rosemary G. Gillespie et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Influence of substratum colour on the recruitment of macrofouling communities

(2010) S. Satheesh et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Detached aquaculture buoys in the SE Pacific: potential dispersal vehicles for associated organisms

(2009) JC Astudillo et al.   Aquatic Biology

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

Environmental implications of plastic debris in marine settings--entanglement, ingestion, smothering, hangers-on, hitch-hiking and alien invasions

(2009) M. R. Gregory   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES