Plastic as a Vector of Dispersion for Marine Species With Invasive Potential. A Review

The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris

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

Hurricane Impacts and the Resilience of the Invasive Sea Vine, Halophila stipulacea: a Case Study from Puerto Rico

(2020) E. A. Hernández-Delgado et al.   Estuaries and Coasts

The invasive species Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758 - Bivalvia: Mytilidae) on artificial substrates: A baseline assessment for the Colombian Caribbean Sea

(2020) Adriana Gracia C. et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Distribution and abundance of the invasive tunicate Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767) in Icelandic harbours

(2020) Joana Micael et al.   Regional Studies in Marine Science

Impacts of Typhoon Mangkhut in 2018 on the deposition of marine debris and microplastics on beaches in Hong Kong

(2020) Hoi-Shing Lo et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Environmental DNA from plastic and textile marine litter detects exotic and nuisance species nearby ports

(2020) Aitor Ibabe et al.   PLoS One

Marine Plastics from Norwegian West Coast Carry Potentially Virulent Fish Pathogens and Opportunistic Human Pathogens Harboring New Variants of Antibiotic Resistance Genes

(2020) Vera Radisic et al.   Microorganisms

Micro(nano)plastics: Unignorable vectors for organisms

(2019) Maocai Shen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Non-indigenous marine species in the Mediterranean Sea—Myth and reality

(2019) Giuseppe Bonanno et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Typhoons increase the abundance of microplastics in the marine environment and cultured organisms: A case study in Sanggou Bay, China

(2019) Jun Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

(2019) Javier Pinochet et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Global Review of Beach Debris Monitoring and Future Recommendations

(2019) Catarina Serra-Gonçalves et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Marine protected areas modulate habitat suitability of the invasive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) in the Baltic Sea

(2019) Mark Holmes et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Patterns of invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi distribution and variability in different recipient environments of the Eurasian seas: A review

(2019) T.A. Shiganova et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

New records of the non-indigenous oyster Saccostrea cucullata (Bivalvia: Ostreidae) from the southeast and south Brazilian coast

(2019) Vanessa Simão do Amaral et al.   Regional Studies in Marine Science

Evidence of niche partitioning among bacteria living on plastics, organic particles and surrounding seawaters

(2018) C. Dussud et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic bacterial communities in the Bay of Brest: Influence of polymer type and size

(2018) Laura Frère et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

Marine bioinvasions: Differences in tropical copepod communities between inside and outside a port

(2018) Marcelo de Oliveira Soares et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

Dispersal of alien invasive species on anthropogenic litter from European mariculture areas

(2018) Sabine Rech et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Leave no traces – Beached marine litter shelters both invasive and native species

(2018) Eva Garcia-Vazquez et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Invasion of aquarium origin soft corals on a tropical rocky reef in the southwest Atlantic, Brazil

(2018) Marcelo Checoli Mantelatto et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Trait-based characterization of species transported on Japanese tsunami marine debris: Effect of prior invasion history on trait distribution

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

The invasion risk of species associated with Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris in Pacific North America and Hawaii

(2018) Thomas W. Therriault 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

Antarctica’s ecological isolation will be broken by storm-driven dispersal and warming

(2018) Ceridwen I. Fraser et al.   Nature Climate Change

Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic

(2018) L. Lebreton et al.   Scientific Reports

Do plastics serve as a possible vector for the spread of antibiotic resistance? First insights from bacteria associated to a polystyrene piece from King George Island (Antarctica)

(2018) Pasqualina Laganà et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Biofilm Formation and Degradation of Commercially Available Biodegradable Plastic Films by Bacterial Consortiums in Freshwater Environments

(2018) Tomohiro Morohoshi et al.   MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS

Marine invasive macroalgae: Turning a real threat into a major opportunity - the biotechnological potential of Sargassum muticum and Asparagopsis armata

(2018) Susete Pinteus et al.   Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts

Profiles of bacterial assemblages from microplastics of tropical coastal environments

(2018) Emily Curren et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Distinct community structure and microbial functions of biofilms colonizing microplastics

(2018) Lingzhan Miao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastics in the marine environment are reservoirs for antibiotic and metal resistance genes

(2018) Yuyi Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

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

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

Do invasive species live faster? Mass-specific metabolic rate depends on growth form and invasion status

(2017) Marcelo E. Lagos et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Native ( Ruditapes decussatus ) and non-indigenous ( R. philippinarum ) shellfish species living in sympatry: Comparison of regulated and non-regulated biotoxins accumulation

(2017) Ana C. Braga et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

A review of three decades of research on the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida in Australasia: An assessment of its success, impacts and status as one of the world's worst invaders

(2017) Paul M. South et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Plastics and microplastics in the oceans: From emerging pollutants to emerged threat

(2017) Carlo Giacomo Avio et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Floating marine litter as a raft for drifting voyages for Planes minutus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Grapsidae) and Liocarcinus navigator (Crustacea: Decapoda: Polybiidae)

(2017) P. Tutman 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

Fouling assemblage of benthic plastic debris collected from Mersin Bay, NE Levantine coast of Turkey

(2017) Sedat Gündoğdu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Challenges for the future of ports. What can be learnt from the Spanish Mediterranean ports?

(2017) Nuria Nebot et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

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

(2017) James T. Carlton et al.   SCIENCE

Anthropogenic fibres in the Baltic Sea water column: Field data, laboratory and numerical testing of their motion

(2017) A. Bagaev et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastics in the North Atlantic garbage patch: A boat-microbe for hitchhikers and plastic degraders

(2017) Didier Debroas et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide

(2017) Hanno Seebens et al.   Nature Communications

Undaria pinnatifida : A case study to highlight challenges in marine invasion ecology and management

(2017) Graham Epstein et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Presence of the tunicate Asterocarpa humilis on ship hulls and aquaculture facilities in the coast of the Biobío Region, south central Chile

(2017) Javier Pinochet et al.   PeerJ

The Sun-Coral Project: the first social-environmental initiative to manage the biological invasion of Tubastraea spp. in Brazil

(2017) Joel Creed et al.   Management of Biological Invasions

Spatial and seasonal variation in diversity and structure of microbial biofilms on marine plastics in Northern European waters

(2017) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Biofilm history and oxygen availability interact to affect habitat selection in a marine invertebrate

(2016) Marcelo E. Lagos et al.   BIOFOULING

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

Biology of the invasive ascidian Ascidiella aspersa in its native habitat: Reproductive patterns and parasite load

(2016) Sharon A. Lynch et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Small boats as vectors of marine invasion: experimental test of velocity and desiccation as limits

(2016) Rafael V. Kauano et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Microbial hitchhikers on marine plastic debris: Human exposure risks at bathing waters and beach environments

(2016) Anisha Keswani et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Dangerous hitchhikers? Evidence for potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. on microplastic particles

(2016) Inga V. Kirstein 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

The behaviors of microplastics in the marine environment

(2016) Jundong Wang et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Debris size and buoyancy influence the dispersal distance of stranded litter

(2016) Francesca M.C. Fazey 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

Metabolic rate covaries with fitness and the pace of the life history in the field

(2016) Amanda K. Pettersen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Oceanic barnacles act as foundation species on plastic debris: implications for marine dispersal

(2016) Michael A. Gil et al.   Scientific Reports

Mobile epifauna of the invasive bryozoan Tricellaria inopinata: is there a potential invasional meltdown?

(2016) K. Gavira-O’Neill et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Non-indigenous invertebrate species in the marine fouling communities of British Columbia, Canada

(2016) Heidi Gartner et al.   BioInvasions Records

Diversity and Activity of Communities Inhabiting Plastic Debris in the North Pacific Gyre

(2016) Jessica A. Bryant et al.   mSystems

Factors Influencing the Spatial Variation of Microplastics on High-Tidal Coastal Beaches in Korea

(2015) In-Sung Kim et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Aquaculture as a vector for marine invasions in California

(2015) Edwin D. Grosholz et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Current status and trends of biological invasions in the Lagoon of Venice, a hotspot of marine NIS introductions in the Mediterranean Sea

(2015) Agnese Marchini et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Corridors for aliens but not for natives: effects of marine urban sprawl at a regional scale

(2015) Laura Airoldi et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Marine microplastic-associated biofilms – a review

(2015) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   Environmental Chemistry

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

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

Bacterial Community Profiling of Plastic Litter in the Belgian Part of the North Sea

(2015) Caroline A. De Tender et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Non-indigenous species in Portuguese coastal areas, coastal lagoons, estuaries and islands

(2015) Paula Chainho et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Marinas may act as hubs for the spread of the pseudo-indigenous bryozoan Amathia verticillata (Delle Chiaje, 1822) and its associates

(2015) Agnese Marchini et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs

(2015) Dafne Eerkes-Medrano et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Classification of Non-Indigenous Species Based on Their Impacts: Considerations for Application in Marine Management

(2015) Henn Ojaveer et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Harbor networks as introduction gateways: contrasting distribution patterns of native and introduced ascidians

(2014) Susanna López-Legentil et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Rapid bacterial colonization of low-density polyethylene microplastics in coastal sediment microcosms

(2014) Jesse P Harrison et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Spatial distribution of marine invasive species: environmental, demographic and vector drivers

(2014) Cathryn Clarke Murray et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

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

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

Artificial Marine Micro-Reserves Networks (AMMRNs): an innovative approach to conserve marine littoral biodiversity and protect endangered species

(2014) José C. García-Gómez et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Marine fouling invasions in ports of Patagonia (Argentina) with implications for legislation and monitoring programs

(2014) Evangelina Schwindt et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

Global warming releases microplastic legacy frozen in Arctic Sea ice

(2014) Rachel W. Obbard et al.   Earths Future

The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris

(2014) L. C. Woodall et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Life in the “Plastisphere”: Microbial Communities on Plastic Marine Debris

(2013) Erik R. Zettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Interaction of dense shelf water cascading and open-sea convection in the northwestern Mediterranean during winter 2012

(2013) X. Durrieu de Madron et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The tropical caprellid amphipod Paracaprella pusilla: a new alien crustacean in the Mediterranean Sea

(2013) Macarena Ros et al.   HELGOLAND MARINE RESEARCH

Hypoxia induces abnormal larval development and affects biofilm–larval interaction in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans

(2013) P.K.S. Shin et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The plastic-associated microorganisms of the North Pacific Gyre

(2013) Henry S. Carson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Annual variation in neustonic micro- and meso-plastic particles and zooplankton in the Bay of Calvi (Mediterranean–Corsica)

(2013) Amandine Collignon et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Records of Polydora cornuta and Streblospio gynobranchiata (Annelida, Spionidae) from the Black Sea

(2013) V.I. RADASHEVSKY et al.   MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE

Marine biofouling on recreational boats on swing moorings and berths

(2013) Oriana Brine et al.   Management of Biological Invasions

Passive rafting is a powerful driver of transoceanic gene flow

(2012) R. Nikula 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

The Complex Interaction between Marine Debris and Toxic Chemicals in the Ocean

(2012) Richard E. Engler   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Invading Aurelia aurita has established scyphistoma populations in the Caspian Sea

(2012) Sergei Korsun et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

A new geographical record ofPolycera hedgpethiEr. Marcus, 1964 (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae) and evidence of its established presence in the Mediterranean Sea, with a review of its geographical distribution

(2012) Erica Keppel et al.   Marine Biology Research

Impacts on the Deep-Sea Ecosystem by a Severe Coastal Storm

(2012) Anna Sanchez-Vidal et al.   PLoS One

Spatio-temporal distribution of floating objects in the German Bight (North Sea)

(2011) Martin Thiel et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

Interactions Between Microorganisms and Marine Microplastics: A Call for Research

(2011) Jesse P. Harrison et al.   MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL

The barnaclesChirona(Striatobalanus)amaryllis(Darwin 1854) andMegabalanus coccopoma(Darwin 1854) (Crustacea, Cirripedia): two invasive species new to tropical West African waters

(2010) F Kerckhof et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Linking environmental conditions and ship movements to estimate invasive species transport across the global shipping network

(2010) Reuben P. Keller et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Spatial Patterns of Plastic Debris along Estuarine Shorelines

(2010) Mark A. Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Marine artificial micro-reserves: a possibility for the conservation of endangered species living on artificial substrata

(2010) José C. García-Gómez et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the western North Atlantic Ocean

(2010) Skye Morét-Ferguson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Early microbial biofilm formation on marine plastic debris

(2010) Delphine Lobelle et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2010) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2009) JC Astudillo et al.   Aquatic Biology

Antibiotic resistance among bacteria isolated from seawater and penguin fecal samples collected near Palmer Station, AntarcticaThis article is one of a selection of papers in the Special Issue on Polar and Alpine Microbiology.

(2009) Robert V. Miller et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

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

Applications and societal benefits of plastics

(2009) A. L. Andrady et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Rugulopteryx (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae), a genus recently introduced to the Mediterranean

(2009) Marc Verlaque et al.   PHYCOLOGIA

Rapid Assessment Surveys of Fouling and Introduced Seaweeds in the Northwest Atlantic

(2009) Arthur C. Mathieson et al.   RHODORA