Systematical insights into distribution and characteristics of microplastics in near-surface waters from the East Asian Seas to the Arctic Central Basin

Pervasive distribution of polyester fibres in the Arctic Ocean is driven by Atlantic inputs

(2021) Peter S. Ross et al.   Nature Communications

Spatio-temporal variation of microplastic pollution in the sediment from the Chukchi Sea over five years

(2021) Chao Fang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Tidally modified western boundary current drives interbasin exchange between the Sea of Okhotsk and the North Pacific

(2021) Hung-Wei Shu et al.   Scientific Reports

Coupled effects of urbanization level and dam on microplastics in surface waters in a coastal watershed of Southeast China

(2020) Yaling Huang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

First evaluation of neustonic microplastics in the Macaronesian region, NE Atlantic

(2020) A. Herrera et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Coastal ocean dynamics reduce the export of microplastics to the open ocean

(2020) Zhiwei Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Greenland Sea Gyre increases microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Nordic Seas

(2020) Yong Jiang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Global patterns for the spatial distribution of floating microfibers: Arctic Ocean as a potential accumulation zone

(2020) André R.A. Lima et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Marine microfiber pollution: A review on present status and future challenges

(2019) Sunanda Mishra et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Discrepancy in the identification of the Atlantic/Pacific front in the central Arctic Ocean: NO versus nutrient relationships

(2019) Matthew B. Alkire et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Deep sea sediments of the Arctic Central Basin: A potential sink for microplastics

(2019) La Daana K. Kanhai et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Microplastics in a municipal wastewater treatment plant: Fate, dynamic distribution, removal efficiencies, and control strategies

(2019) Xuemin Lv et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Microplastics abundance and characteristics in surface waters from the Northwest Pacific, the Bering Sea, and the Chukchi Sea

(2019) Jingli Mu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Adsorption mechanism of As(III) on polytetrafluoroethylene particles of different sizes

(2019) Youming Dong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Importance of Water-Volume on the Release of Microplastic Fibers from Laundry

(2019) Max R. Kelly et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Analysis of suspended microplastics in the Changjiang Estuary: Implications for riverine plastic load to the ocean

(2019) Shiye Zhao et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Influence of Near‐Surface Currents on the Global Dispersal of Marine Microplastic

(2019) David Wichmann et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS

Quantification and characterisation of microplastics ingested by selected juvenile fish species associated with mangroves in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

(2019) Trishan Naidoo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Riverine Microplastic Pollution in the Pearl River Delta, China: Are Modeled Estimates Accurate?

(2019) Lei Mai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic pollution in water and sediment in a textile industrial area

(2019) Hua Deng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Environmental exposure to microplastics: An overview on possible human health effects

(2019) Joana Correia Prata et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic contamination in benthic organisms from the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions

(2018) Chao Fang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Marine environment microfiber contamination: Global patterns and the diversity of microparticle origins

(2018) A.P.W. Barrows et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Investigating microplastic trophic transfer in marine top predators

(2018) Sarah E. Nelms et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in sub-surface waters of the Arctic Central Basin

(2018) La Daana K. Kanhai et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Micro-plastic ingestion by waterbirds from contaminated wetlands in South Africa

(2018) Chevonne Reynolds et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic ingestion by juvenile polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in the Arctic Ocean

(2018) Susanne Kühn et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Increases in the Pacific inflow to the Arctic from 1990 to 2015, and insights into seasonal trends and driving mechanisms from year-round Bering Strait mooring data

(2018) Rebecca A. Woodgate   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Persistent organic pollutants in fat of three species of Pacific pelagic longline caught sea turtles: Accumulation in relation to ingested plastic marine debris

(2018) Katharine E. Clukey et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

(2018) Ilka Peeken et al.   Nature Communications

Organic fertilizer as a vehicle for the entry of microplastic into the environment

(2018) Nicolas Weithmann et al.   Science Advances

Microplastics in the Arctic: A case study with sub-surface water and fish samples off Northeast Greenland

(2018) Silvia Morgana et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics integrating the coastal planktonic community in the inner zone of the Río de la Plata estuary (South America)

(2018) Rocío S. Pazos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in the Northwestern Pacific: Abundance, distribution, and characteristics

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

Microplastics in offshore sediment in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea, China

(2018) Chunfang Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Horizontal and Vertical Distribution of Microplastics in Korean Coastal Waters

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

Abundance and distribution of microplastics in the surface sediments from the northern Bering and Chukchi Seas

(2018) Jingli Mu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic abundance, distribution and composition in the Pearl River along Guangzhou city and Pearl River estuary, China

(2018) Muting Yan et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Cetaceans and microplastics: First report of microplastic ingestion by a coastal delphinid, Sousa chinensis

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

Plastic and Human Health: A Micro Issue?

(2017) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

(2017) Laurent C. M. Lebreton et al.   Nature Communications

Sources and dispersive modes of micro-fibers in the environment

(2017) Steve A Carr   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

The Arctic Ocean as a dead end for floating plastics in the North Atlantic branch of the Thermohaline Circulation

(2017) Andrés Cózar et al.   Science Advances

Microplastic pollution in the Greenland Sea: Background levels and selective contamination of planktivorous diving seabirds

(2016) F. Amélineau et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Prevalence of microplastics in the marine waters of Qatar

(2016) Azenith B. Castillo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the Solent estuarine complex, UK: An initial assessment

(2016) Anthony Gallagher et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Beyond the ocean: contamination of freshwater ecosystems with (micro-)plastic particles

(2015) Rachid Dris et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Microplastic interactions with North Atlantic mesopelagic fish

(2015) Amy L. Lusher et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Microplastic contamination in brown shrimp (Crangon crangon, Linnaeus 1758) from coastal waters of the Southern North Sea and Channel area

(2015) Lisa I. Devriese et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

East Asian seas: A hot spot of pelagic microplastics

(2015) Atsuhiko Isobe et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Elevated levels of ingested plastic in a high Arctic seabird, the northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

(2015) Alice M. Trevail et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Arctic Ocean circulation, processes and water masses: A description of observations and ideas with focus on the period prior to the International Polar Year 2007–2009

(2015) Bert Rudels   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Microplastics in bivalves cultured for human consumption

(2014) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

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

Microplastics in Four Estuarine Rivers in the Chesapeake Bay, U.S.A.

(2014) Lance T. Yonkos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic pollution in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: Validated and opportunistic sampling

(2014) Amy L. Lusher et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Selective transport of microplastics and mesoplastics by drifting in coastal waters

(2014) Atsuhiko Isobe et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Widespread distribution of microplastics in subsurface seawater in the NE Pacific Ocean

(2014) Jean-Pierre W. Desforges et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic debris in the open ocean

(2014) A. Cozar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coupled wind-forced controls of the Bering–Chukchi shelf circulation and the Bering Strait throughflow: Ekman transport, continental shelf waves, and variations of the Pacific–Arctic sea surface height gradient

(2014) Seth L. Danielson et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

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

The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

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

Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

(2013) Outi Setälä et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Origin, dynamics and evolution of ocean garbage patches from observed surface drifters

(2012) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

(2011) Mark Anthony Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Are marine plastic particles transport vectors for organic pollutants to the Arctic?

(2010) Christiane Zarfl et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN