Episodic records of jellyfish ingestion of plastic items reveal a novel pathway for trophic transference of marine litter

Widespread detection of a brominated flame retardant, hexabromocyclododecane, in expanded polystyrene marine debris and microplastics from South Korea and the Asia-Pacific coastal region

(2017) Mi Jang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Chemoreception drives plastic consumption in a hard coral

(2017) Austin S. Allen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ingestion of microplastics by natural zooplankton groups in the northern South China Sea

(2017) Xiaoxia Sun et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Heavy metals, metalloids and other hazardous elements in marine plastic litter

(2016) Andrew Turner   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

Toxicity of leachate from weathering plastics: An exploratory screening study with Nitocra spinipes

(2015) Sofia Bejgarn et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Facilitated Leaching of Additive-Derived PBDEs from Plastic by Seabirds’ Stomach Oil and Accumulation in Tissues

(2015) Kosuke Tanaka et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic ingestion by scleractinian corals

(2015) N. M. Hall et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

The impact of debris on marine life

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

Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea

(2015) Andrés Cózar et al.   PLoS One

Heavy Metals Affect Nematocysts Discharge Response and Biological Activity of Crude Venom in the JellyfishPelagia noctiluca(Cnidaria, Scyphozoa)

(2014) Rossana Morabito et al.   CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Long-Term Sorption of Metals Is Similar among Plastic Types: Implications for Plastic Debris in Aquatic Environments

(2014) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   PLoS One

Jellyfish as Prey: Frequency of Predation and Selective Foraging of Boops boops (Vertebrata, Actinopterygii) on the Mauve Stinger Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa)

(2014) Giacomo Milisenda et al.   PLoS One

Rapid scavenging of jellyfish carcasses reveals the importance of gelatinous material to deep-sea food webs

(2014) A. K. Sweetman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Nematocyst discharge in Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) oral arms can be affected by lidocaine, ethanol, ammonia and acetic acid

(2014) Rossana Morabito et al.   TOXICON

Mistaken identity? Visual similarities of marine debris to natural prey items of sea turtles

(2014) Qamar A Schuyler et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

(2013) Outi Setälä et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Nematocytes’ activation in Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) oral arms

(2012) R. Morabito et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Predation by the scyphozoan Pelagia noctiluca on Mnemiopsis leidyi ctenophores in the NW Mediterranean Sea

(2012) Uxue Tilves et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Massive Consumption of Gelatinous Plankton by Mediterranean Apex Predators

(2012) Luis Cardona et al.   PLoS One

Persistent organic pollutants in plastic marine debris found on beaches in San Diego, California

(2011) Almira Van et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Environmental and health hazard ranking and assessment of plastic polymers based on chemical composition

(2011) Delilah Lithner et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Leatherback turtles: The menace of plastic

(2009) N. Mrosovsky et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

(2008) Charles James Moore   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH