Microplastics in the Center of Mediterranean: Comparison of the Two Calabrian Coasts and Distribution from Coastal Areas to the Open Sea

Understanding plastic degradation and microplastic formation in the environment: A review

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Microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea: Sources, Pollution Intensity, Sea Health, and Regulatory Policies

(2021) Shivika Sharma et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments and organisms of the Western Pacific Ocean

(2020) Dongdong Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The Colors of the Ocean Plastics

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Hazardous microplastic characteristics and its role as a vector of heavy metal in groundwater and surface water of coastal south India

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Seawater‐Degradable Polymers—Fighting the Marine Plastic Pollution

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Occurrence and organic contaminant-carrier effect of microplastics in surface water from the Feilaixia Reservoir in the Beijiang River, China

(2019) Xiangling Tan et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Influence of physicochemical surface properties on the adhesion of bacteria onto four types of plastics

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Distribution of plastic polymer types in the marine environment; A meta-analysis

(2019) Gabriel Erni-Cassola et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Size and shape matter: A preliminary analysis of microplastic sampling technique in seawater studies with implications for ecological risk assessment

(2019) Garth A. Covernton et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Effects of microplastic particles and leaching additive on the life history and morphology of Daphnia magna

(2019) Isabella Schrank et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Particulate plastics as a vector for toxic trace-element uptake by aquatic and terrestrial organisms and human health risk

(2019) Lauren Bradney et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastics and seafood: lower trophic organisms at highest risk of contamination

(2019) Chris Walkinshaw et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Micro- and nanoplastic toxicity on aquatic life: Determining factors

(2019) Tanja Kögel et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics pollution along the Lebanese coast (Eastern Mediterranean Basin): Occurrence in surface water, sediments and biota samples

(2019) Maria Kazour et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in marine sediments near Rothera Research Station, Antarctica

(2018) Sarah Reed et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Worldwide distribution and abundance of microplastic: How dire is the situation?

(2018) Fauziah Shahul Hamid et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Bohai Sea, China

(2017) Weiwei Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Size- and shape-dependent effects of microplastic particles on adult daggerblade grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio )

(2017) Austin D. Gray et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Microplastics in the Southern Ocean

(2017) Atsuhiko Isobe et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The plastic in microplastics: A review

(2017) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Exceptionally high abundances of microplastics in the oligotrophic Israeli Mediterranean coastal waters

(2017) Noam van der Hal et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Percentage of microbeads in pelagic microplastics within Japanese coastal waters

(2016) Atsuhiko Isobe   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Changes in the Floating Plastic Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea in Relation to the Distance to Land

(2016) Maria Luiza Pedrotti et al.   PLoS One

The Mediterranean Plastic Soup: synthetic polymers in Mediterranean surface waters

(2016) Giuseppe Suaria et al.   Scientific Reports

Ingestion of Microplastics by Zooplankton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

(2015) Jean-Pierre W. Desforges et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Microplastic in three urban estuaries, China

(2015) Shiye Zhao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Surface properties of beached plastics

(2015) Kalliopi N. Fotopoulou et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

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

Microplastics profile along the Rhine River

(2015) Thomas Mani et al.   Scientific Reports

Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea

(2015) Andrés Cózar et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Evidence of microplastics in samples of zooplankton from Portuguese coastal waters

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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

Microplastics in the seas

(2014) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

Global warming releases microplastic legacy frozen in Arctic Sea ice

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

Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments

(2013) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

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

Ingestion of plastic marine debris by longnose lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox) in the North Pacific Ocean

(2013) Lesley A. Jantz et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Mediterranean Surface Currents Measured with Drifters: From Basin to Subinertial Scales

(2013) Pierre-Marie Poulin et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification

(2012) Valeria Hidalgo-Ruz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

(2012) Richard E. Engler   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world’s oceans

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

The seasonal and spatial patterns of ingestion of polyfilament nylon fragments by estuarine drums (Sciaenidae)

(2011) David V. Dantas et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Impact of the spatial distribution of the atmospheric forcing on water mass formation in the Mediterranean Sea

(2010) Karine Béranger et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Estimation of the Atlantic inflow through the Strait of Gibraltar from climatological and in situ data

(2010) Javier Soto-Navarro et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Plastic ingestion by planktivorous fishes in the North Pacific Central Gyre

(2010) Christiana M. Boerger 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

Deposit- and suspension-feeding sea cucumbers (Echinodermata) ingest plastic fragments

(2008) Erin R. Graham et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY