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(2018) Adam Porter et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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(2018) Wenfeng Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic pollution in North Yellow Sea, China: Observations on occurrence, distribution and identification

(2018) Lin Zhu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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(2018) Xiaoxia Sun et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

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Field-Based Evidence for Microplastic in Marine Aggregates and Mussels: Implications for Trophic Transfer

(2018) Shiye Zhao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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(2018) Zhong Pan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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(2018) Chunfang Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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(2018) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic content variation in water column: The observations employing a novel sampling tool in stratified Baltic Sea

(2018) M.B. Zobkov et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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(2018) Jun Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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(2018) David Kaiser et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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(2017) Madeleine Steer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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(2017) Albert A Koelmans et al.   Environmental Research Letters

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

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

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

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(2017) Hua Zhang   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Microplastics in the Antarctic marine system: An emerging area of research

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Wastewater treatment plants as a pathway for microplastics: Development of a new approach to sample wastewater-based microplastics

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(2016) Fionn Murphy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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(2016) Tamara Gajšt et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sinking rates of microplastics and potential implications of their alteration by physical, biological, and chemical factors

(2016) Nicole Kowalski et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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(2016) Merel Kooi et al.   Scientific Reports

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(2015) Marc Long et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY

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

Screening for microplastic particles in plankton samples: How to integrate marine litter assessment into existing monitoring programs?

(2015) Elena Gorokhova   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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(2015) Atsuhiko Isobe et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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(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

Large Accumulation of Micro-sized Synthetic Polymer Particles in the Sea Surface Microlayer

(2014) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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Marine Plastic Pollution in Waters around Australia: Characteristics, Concentrations, and Pathways

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(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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