Anthropogenic marine litter composition in coastal areas may be a predictor of potentially invasive rafting fauna

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

(2017) James T. Carlton et al.   SCIENCE

New insights about the introduction of the Portuguese oyster,Crassostrea angulata, into the North East Atlantic from Asia based on a highly polymorphic mitochondrial region

(2016) Ana Grade et al.   AQUATIC LIVING RESOURCES

Recyclable plastics as substrata for settlement and growth of bryozoans Bugula neritina and barnacles Amphibalanus amphitrite

(2016) Heng-Xiang Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

DNA barcoding for assessment of exotic molluscs associated with maritime ports in northern Iberia

(2016) Ivana Pejovic et al.   Marine Biology Research

Factors influencing the detection of beach plastic debris

(2016) Jennifer L. Lavers 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

MEGA7: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 7.0 for Bigger Datasets

(2016) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Microbes on a Bottle: Substrate, Season and Geography Influence Community Composition of Microbes Colonizing Marine Plastic Debris

(2016) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   PLoS One

Does size and buoyancy affect the long-distance transport of floating debris?

(2015) Peter G Ryan   Environmental Research Letters

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stranded Intertidal Marine Debris: Is There a Picture of Global Change?

(2015) Mark Anthony Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The impact of debris on marine life

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

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

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

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

Rivers as a source of marine litter – A study from the SE Pacific

(2014) S. Rech et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

First record of Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798 (Bivalvia: Pteroidea) attached to a rafting item: a potentially invasive species on the Uruguayan coast

(2014) Rodrigo Cesar Marques et al.   Marine Biodiversity

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

The plastic-associated microorganisms of the North Pacific Gyre

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

Policy: Classify plastic waste as hazardous

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   NATURE

Rapid Northward Spread of a Zooxanthellate Coral Enhanced by Artificial Structures and Sea Warming in the Western Mediterranean

(2013) Eduard Serrano et al.   PLoS One

Passive rafting is a powerful driver of transoceanic gene flow

(2012) R. Nikula et al.   Biology Letters

South African pelagic goose barnacles (Cirripedia, Thoracica): substratum preferences and influence of plastic debris on abundance and distribution

(2012) T. Otto Whitehead et al.   CRUSTACEANA

Long-distance dispersal, low connectivity and molecular evidence of a new cryptic species in the obligate rafter Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae)

(2012) M. Pilar Cabezas et al.   HELGOLAND MARINE RESEARCH

Tracking the sources and sinks of local marine debris in Hawai‘i

(2012) Henry S. Carson et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

(2012) Timothy M. Davidson   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Rafting on abiotic substrata: properties of floating items and their influence on community succession

(2011) M Bravo et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Trans-Atlantic rafting by the brooding reef coral Favia fragum on man-made flotsam

(2011) BW Hoeksema et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Marine debris from the Oregon Dungeness crab fishery recovered in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Identification and oceanic drift paths

(2011) Curtis C. Ebbesmeyer et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Oceanic rafting by a coastal community

(2010) C. I. Fraser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2009) JC Astudillo et al.   Aquatic Biology

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

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