Microplastics in the aquatic and terrestrial environment: sources (with a specific focus on personal care products), fate and effects

A novel, highly efficient method for the separation and quantification of plastic particles in sediments of aquatic environments

(2016) Hannes K. Imhof et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS

Identification of microplastics by FTIR and Raman microscopy: a novel silicon filter substrate opens the important spectral range below 1300 cm−1 for FTIR transmission measurements

(2015) Andrea Käppler et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Detection of Anthropogenic Particles in Fish Stomachs: An Isolation Method Adapted to Identification by Raman Spectroscopy

(2015) France Collard et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Ingestion of Microplastics by Zooplankton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

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

Plastic pollution of the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench area (NW pacific)

(2015) Viola Fischer et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

The discharge of certain amounts of industrial microplastic from a production plant into the River Danube is permitted by the Austrian legislation

(2015) Aaron Lechner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics are taken up by mussels (Mytilus edulis) and lugworms (Arenicola marina) living in natural habitats

(2015) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of microplastics on juveniles of the common goby (Pomatoschistus microps): Confusion with prey, reduction of the predatory performance and efficiency, and possible influence of developmental conditions

(2015) Luís Carlos de Sá et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic and macroplastic ingestion by a deep diving, oceanic cetacean: The True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus

(2015) Amy L. Lusher et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

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

When Microplastic Is Not Plastic: The Ingestion of Artificial Cellulose Fibers by Macrofauna Living in Seagrass Macrophytodetritus

(2015) François Remy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Occurrence and Spatial Distribution of Microplastics in River Shore Sediments of the Rhine-Main Area in Germany

(2015) Sascha Klein 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

Microplastics: addressing ecological risk through lessons learned

(2015) Kristian Syberg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Plastic debris in the Laurentian Great Lakes: A review

(2015) Alexander G.J. Driedger et al.   JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH

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

(2015) Marc Long et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY

Using a forensic science approach to minimize environmental contamination and to identify microfibres in marine sediments

(2015) Lucy C. Woodall et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A comparison of microscopic and spectroscopic identification methods for analysis of microplastics in environmental samples

(2015) Young Kyoung Song et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

A critical overview of the analytical approaches to the occurrence, the fate and the behavior of microplastics in the environment

(2015) Teresa Rocha-Santos et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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

Analysis of polyethylene microplastics in environmental samples, using a thermal decomposition method

(2015) Erik Dümichen et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Losing sight of science in the regulatory push to ban microbeads from consumer products and industrial use

(2015) G Allen Burton   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Characterization and quantitation of polyolefin microplastics in personal-care products using high-temperature gel-permeation chromatography

(2014) Ingrid Hintersteiner et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microplastic pollution in St. Lawrence River sediments

(2014) Rowshyra A. Castañeda et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Microplastics in bivalves cultured for human consumption

(2014) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The Danube so colourful: A potpourri of plastic litter outnumbers fish larvae in Europe's second largest river

(2014) Aaron Lechner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Occurrence and spatial distribution of microplastics in sediments from Norderney

(2014) Jens H. Dekiff et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Principles of Sound Ecotoxicology

(2014) Catherine A. Harris et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Uptake and Retention of Microplastics by the Shore Crab Carcinus maenas

(2014) Andrew J. R. Watts et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Fate of Microplastics in the Marine Isopod Idotea emarginata

(2014) Julia Hämer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Assimilation of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers from Microplastics by the Marine Amphipod, Allorchestes Compressa

(2014) Evan M. Chua et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Strong Sorption of PCBs to Nanoplastics, Microplastics, Carbon Nanotubes, and Fullerenes

(2014) I. Velzeboer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Distribution of Surface Plastic Debris in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from an 11-Year Data Set

(2014) Kara Lavender Law et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

Microplastic is an Abundant and Distinct Microbial Habitat in an Urban River

(2014) Amanda McCormick et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Comparison of the distribution and degradation of plastic debris along shorelines of the Great Lakes, North America

(2014) Maciej Zbyszewski et al.   JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH

High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake

(2014) Christopher M. Free et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Protected areas in the Atlantic facing the hazards of micro-plastic pollution: First diagnosis of three islands in the Canary Current

(2014) Juan Baztan 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

Suspended microplastics in the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary System, China: First observations on occurrence, distribution

(2014) Shiye Zhao et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Millimeter-Sized Marine Plastics: A New Pelagic Habitat for Microorganisms and Invertebrates

(2014) Julia Reisser 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

Microplastics in the seas

(2014) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

Early warning signs of endocrine disruption in adult fish from the ingestion of polyethylene with and without sorbed chemical pollutants from the marine environment

(2014) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Isolation of microplastics in biota-rich seawater samples and marine organisms

(2014) Matthew Cole et al.   Scientific Reports

Three-dimensional distribution of plastic pellets in sandy beaches: shifting paradigms

(2014) Alexander Turra et al.   Scientific Reports

The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris

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

Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems: what we know and what we need to know

(2014) Martin Wagner et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

Microplastic ingestion decreases energy reserves in marine worms

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

Microplastic Moves Pollutants and Additives to Worms, Reducing Functions Linked to Health and Biodiversity

(2013) Mark Anthony Browne et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Contamination of beach sediments of a subalpine lake with microplastic particles

(2013) Hannes K. Imhof et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Single and combined effects of microplastics and pyrene on juveniles (0+ group) of the common goby Pomatoschistus microps (Teleostei, Gobiidae)

(2013) M. Oliveira et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

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

Trophic level transfer of microplastic: Mytilus edulis (L.) to Carcinus maenas (L.)

(2013) Paul Farrell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Enhanced desorption of persistent organic pollutants from microplastics under simulated physiological conditions

(2013) Adil Bakir et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A new analytical approach for monitoring microplastics in marine sediments

(2013) Marie-Theres Nuelle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

(2013) Outi Setälä et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Wild gudgeons (Gobio gobio) from French rivers are contaminated by microplastics: Preliminary study and first evidence

(2013) Wilfried Sanchez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Plastic in North Sea Fish

(2013) Edwin M. Foekema et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic as a Carrier of POPs to Aquatic Organisms: A Model Analysis

(2013) Albert A. Koelmans et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Size-Dependent Effects of Micro Polystyrene Particles in the Marine Copepod Tigriopus japonicus

(2013) Kyun-Woo Lee et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton

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

Ingestion of Microplastic Has Limited Impact on a Marine Larva

(2013) Katrina L. Kaposi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastics in the marine environment

(2013) Albert A. Koelmans et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Microplastic particles in sediments of Lagoon of Venice, Italy: First observations on occurrence, spatial patterns and identification

(2013) A. Vianello et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Microplastic debris in sandhoppers

(2013) A. Ugolini et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Distribution and abundance of small plastic debris on beaches in the SE Pacific (Chile): A study supported by a citizen science project

(2013) Valeria Hidalgo-Ruz et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Relationships among the abundances of plastic debris in different size classes on beaches in South Korea

(2013) Jongmyoung Lee et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

New techniques for the detection of microplastics in sediments and field collected organisms

(2013) Michiel Claessens et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Assessment of marine debris on the Belgian Continental Shelf

(2013) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Scales of Spatial Heterogeneity of Plastic Marine Debris in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

(2013) Miriam C. Goldstein et al.   PLoS One

Suspended Microplastics and Black Carbon Particles in the Jade System, Southern North Sea

(2013) Fatehi Dubaish et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Ingested plastic transfers hazardous chemicals to fish and induces hepatic stress

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   Scientific Reports

Identification of polymer types and additives in marine microplastic particles using pyrolysis-GC/MS and scanning electron microscopy

(2013) Elke Fries et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

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

Effects of Microplastic on Fitness and PCB Bioaccumulation by the Lugworm Arenicola marina (L.)

(2012) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

Microplastic in Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Soil?

(2012) Matthias C. Rillig   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Uptake and Effects of Microplastics on Cells and Tissue of the Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis L. after an Experimental Exposure

(2012) Nadia von Moos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Northern fulmars as biological monitors of trends of plastic pollution in the eastern North Pacific

(2012) Stephanie Avery-Gomm et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Boring crustaceans damage polystyrene floats under docks polluting marine waters with microplastic

(2012) Timothy M. Davidson   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic pellets as oviposition site and means of dispersal for the ocean-skater insect Halobates

(2012) A.P. Majer et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Neustonic microplastic and zooplankton in the North Western Mediterranean Sea

(2012) Amandine Collignon 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

New perspectives in plastic biodegradation

(2011) Alex Sivan   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea

(2011) Jan A. van Franeker et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

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

A Thermodynamic Approach for Assessing the Environmental Exposure of Chemicals Absorbed to Microplastic

(2011) Todd Gouin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in oceans

(2011) Christiane Zarfl et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Small plastic debris changes water movement and heat transfer through beach sediments

(2011) Henry S. Carson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence and distribution of microplastics in marine sediments along the Belgian coast

(2011) Michiel Claessens et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Distribution and Degradation of Fresh Water Plastic Particles Along the Beaches of Lake Huron, Canada

(2011) Maciej Zbyszewski et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Spatial Patterns of Plastic Debris along Estuarine Shorelines

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

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

(2010) Skye Morét-Ferguson 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

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

A COMPARISON OF NANOPARTICLE AND FINE PARTICLE UPTAKE BY DAPHNIA MAGNA

(2009) Philipp Rosenkranz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

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

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

A critical analysis of the biological impacts of plasticizers on wildlife

(2009) J. Oehlmann et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plastics, the environment and human health: current consensus and future trends

(2009) R. C. Thompson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

(2009) D. K. A. Barnes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Monitoring the abundance of plastic debris in the marine environment

(2009) P. G. Ryan et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2010

(2009) William J. Sutherland et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Biological degradation of plastics: A comprehensive review

(2008) Aamer Ali Shah et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Synthetic polymers in the marine environment: A rapidly increasing, long-term threat

(2008) Charles James Moore   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Ingested Microscopic Plastic Translocates to the Circulatory System of the Mussel,Mytilus edulis(L.)

(2008) Mark A. Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY