Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world’s most remote and pristine islands

The effects of large beach debris on nesting sea turtles

(2016) Ikuko Fujisaki et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

The flip-or-flop boutique: Marine debris on the shores of St Brandon's rock, an isolated tropical atoll in the Indian Ocean

(2016) Hindrik Bouwman et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Selectivity of flesh-footed shearwaters for plastic colour: Evidence for differential provisioning in adults and fledglings

(2016) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Ingested plastic as a route for trace metals in Laysan Albatross ( Phoebastria immutabilis ) and Bonin Petrel ( Pterodroma hypoleuca ) from Midway Atoll

(2016) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Seabirds, gyres and global trends in plastic pollution

(2015) Jan A. van Franeker et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The amount and accumulation rate of plastic debris on marshes and beaches on the Georgia coast

(2015) Richard F. Lee et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The impact of debris on marine life

(2015) S.C. Gall et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Linking effects of anthropogenic debris to ecological impacts

(2015) M. A. Browne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plastic ingestion by Flesh-footed Shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes): Implications for fledgling body condition and the accumulation of plastic-derived chemicals

(2014) Jennifer L. Lavers 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 research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife

(2014) AC Vegter et al.   Endangered Species Research

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

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

Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Prevalence and composition of marine debris in Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) nests at Ashmore Reef

(2013) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Policy: Classify plastic waste as hazardous

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   NATURE

Increase of litter at the Arctic deep-sea observatory HAUSGARTEN

(2012) Melanie Bergmann et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Baseline for beached marine debris on Sand Island, Midway Atoll

(2012) Christine A. Ribic et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world’s oceans

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

Daily accumulation rates of marine debris on sub-Antarctic island beaches

(2012) Cecilia Eriksson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic Pollution at a Sea Turtle Conservation Area in NE Brazil: Contrasting Developed and Undeveloped Beaches

(2011) Juliana Assunção Ivar do Sul et al.   Estuaries and Coasts

Macroplastics at sea around Antarctica

(2010) David K.A. Barnes et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

The use of plastic debris as nesting material by a colonial seabird and associated entanglement mortality

(2010) Stephen C. Votier et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2010) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

Here, there and everywhere. Small plastic fragments and pellets on beaches of Fernando de Noronha (Equatorial Western Atlantic)

(2009) Juliana A. Ivar do Sul et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Floating marine debris surface drift: Convergence and accumulation toward the South Pacific subtropical gyre

(2009) Elodie Martinez et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastics recycling: challenges and opportunities

(2009) J. Hopewell 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

Seabirds indicate changes in the composition of plastic litter in the Atlantic and south-western Indian Oceans

(2008) Peter G. Ryan   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN