Marine microplastic debris: a targeted plan for understanding and quantifying interactions with marine life

Microplastics Alter the Properties and Sinking Rates of Zooplankton Faecal Pellets

(2016) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Identification and Quantification of Microplastics in Wastewater Using Focal Plane Array-Based Reflectance Micro-FT-IR Imaging

(2015) Alexander S. Tagg et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

(2015) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Ingestion of Plastic Microfibers by the Crab Carcinus maenas and Its Effect on Food Consumption and Energy Balance

(2015) Andrew J. R. Watts et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The Impact of Polystyrene Microplastics on Feeding, Function and Fecundity in the Marine Copepod Calanus helgolandicus

(2015) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The biogeography of the Plastisphere: implications for policy

(2015) Linda A Amaral-Zettler et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Plastic and marine turtles: a review and call for research

(2015) Sarah E. Nelms et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Interactions between microplastics and phytoplankton aggregates: Impact on their respective fates

(2015) Marc Long et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY

Marine neustonic microplastics around the southeastern coast of Korea

(2015) Jung-Hoon Kang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Characterisation, quantity and sorptive properties of microplastics extracted from cosmetics

(2015) Imogen E. Napper et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Threat of plastic pollution to seabirds is global, pervasive, and increasing

(2015) Chris Wilcox et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Zooplankton fecal pellets, marine snow, phytodetritus and the ocean’s biological pump

(2015) Jefferson T. Turner   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Anthropogenic debris in seafood: Plastic debris and fibers from textiles in fish and bivalves sold for human consumption

(2015) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastics in bivalves cultured for human consumption

(2014) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

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

Microplastic ingestion decreases energy reserves in marine worms

(2013) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments

(2013) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

(2013) Outi Setälä et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton

(2013) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Trait-based approaches to zooplankton communities

(2013) Elena Litchman et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Pelagic microplastics around an archipelago of the Equatorial Atlantic

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

Gooseneck barnacles (Lepasspp.) ingest microplastic debris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

(2013) Miriam C. Goldstein et al.   PeerJ

Increased oceanic microplastic debris enhances oviposition in an endemic pelagic insect

(2012) M. C. Goldstein et al.   Biology Letters

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

Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world’s oceans

(2012) L.C.-M. Lebreton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence of microplastics in the gastrointestinal tract of pelagic and demersal fish from the English Channel

(2012) A.L. Lusher et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

(2011) Fiona Murray et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Pathways of marine debris derived from trajectories of Lagrangian drifters

(2011) Nikolai Maximenko et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

How zooplankton feed: mechanisms, traits and trade-offs

(2010) Thomas Kiørboe   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Plastic ingestion by planktivorous fishes in the North Pacific Central Gyre

(2010) Christiana M. Boerger et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2010) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

Global-scale predictions of community and ecosystem properties from simple ecological theory

(2008) S. Jennings et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES