Worldwide distribution and abundance of microplastic: How dire is the situation?

Microplastic sampling with the AVANI trawl compared to two neuston trawls in the Bay of Bengal and South Pacific

(2018) Marcus Eriksen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Investigating a probable relationship between microplastics and potentially toxic elements in fish muscles from northeast of Persian Gulf

(2018) Razegheh Akhbarizadeh et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in freshwater river sediments in Shanghai, China: A case study of risk assessment in mega-cities

(2018) Guyu Peng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic and tar pollution on three Canary Islands beaches: An annual study

(2018) A. Herrera et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Anticyclonic eddies increase accumulation of microplastic in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre

(2018) Laurent Brach et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Low prevalence of microplastic contamination in planktivorous fish species from the southeast Pacific Ocean

(2018) Nicolas Ory et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence of microplastics in surface waters of the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean Sea)

(2018) Natascha Schmidt et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Microplastics in surface waters and sediments of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

(2018) Mingxiao Di et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurrence and distribution of microplastics at selected coastal sites along the southeastern United States

(2018) Xubiao Yu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Sinks and sources: Assessing microplastic abundance in river sediment and deposit feeders in an Austral temperate urban river system

(2018) Holly A. Nel et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics en route: Field measurements in the Dutch river delta and Amsterdam canals, wastewater treatment plants, North Sea sediments and biota

(2017) H.A. Leslie et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Distribution and importance of microplastics in the marine environment: A review of the sources, fate, effects, and potential solutions

(2017) H.S. Auta et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastics in the sediments of a UK urban lake

(2017) Rebecca Vaughan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution in Vembanad Lake, Kerala, India: The first report of microplastics in lake and estuarine sediments in India

(2017) S. Sruthy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Size distribution of stranded small plastic debris on the coast of Guangdong, South China

(2017) Lincoln Fok et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics and potentially toxic elements in coastal sediments of Iran's main oil terminal (Khark Island)

(2017) Razegheh Akhbarizadeh et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Abundant plankton-sized microplastic particles in shelf waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico

(2017) Rosana Di Mauro et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics ingestion by a common tropical freshwater fishing resource

(2017) Jacqueline Santos Silva-Cavalcanti et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Bohai Sea, China

(2017) Weiwei Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic contamination in Lake Winnipeg, Canada

(2017) Philip J. Anderson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Fate of nano- and microplastic in freshwater systems: A modeling study

(2017) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in sediments of the Changjiang Estuary, China

(2017) Guyu Peng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Influence of environmental and anthropogenic factors on the composition, concentration and spatial distribution of microplastics: A case study of the Bay of Brest (Brittany, France)

(2017) L. Frère et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic ingestion by Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758 fish and its potential for causing oxidative stress

(2017) C. Alomar et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Large microplastic particles in sediments of tributaries of the River Thames, UK – Abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic abundance, distribution and composition along a latitudinal gradient in the Atlantic Ocean

(2017) La Daana K. Kanhai et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Micro- and mesoplastics in Northeast Levantine coast of Turkey: The preliminary results from surface samples

(2017) Sedat Gündoğdu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic pollution on the Baltic beaches of Kaliningrad region, Russia

(2017) Elena Esiukova   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Foraging preferences influence microplastic ingestion by six marine fish species from the Texas Gulf Coast

(2017) Colleen A. Peters et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic contamination of intertidal sediments of Scapa Flow, Orkney: A first assessment

(2017) J. Blumenröder et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Spatial and temporal variation of macro-, meso- and microplastic abundance on a remote coral island of the Maldives, Indian Ocean

(2017) Hannes K. Imhof et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A standardized method for sampling and extraction methods for quantifying microplastics in beach sand

(2017) Aiken Besley et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic pollution in the marine waters and sediments of Hong Kong

(2017) Y.Y. Tsang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A large-scale investigation of microplastic contamination: Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in European beach sediment

(2017) Froukje A.E. Lots et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic debris and microplastics along the beaches of the Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf

(2017) Abolfazl Naji et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The plastic in microplastics: A review

(2017) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

(2017) Xiaoxia Sun et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics pollution in inland freshwaters of China: A case study in urban surface waters of Wuhan, China

(2017) Wenfeng Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Wastewater treatment plants as a pathway for microplastics: Development of a new approach to sample wastewater-based microplastics

(2017) Shima Ziajahromi et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Characteristics, seasonal distribution and surface degradation features of microplastic pellets along the Goa coast, India

(2016) S. Veerasingam et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Influence of wastewater treatment plant discharges on microplastic concentrations in surface water

(2016) Shirin Estahbanati et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastics in mussels along the coastal waters of China

(2016) Jiana Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Urbanization is a major influence on microplastic ingestion by sunfish in the Brazos River Basin, Central Texas, USA

(2016) Colleen A. Peters et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Occurrence of microplastics in the beach sand of the Chinese inner sea: the Bohai Sea

(2016) Xubiao Yu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2016) F. Amélineau et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution of lakeshore sediments from remote lakes in Tibet plateau, China

(2016) Kai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution is widely detected in US municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent

(2016) Sherri A. Mason et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Revealing accumulation zones of plastic pellets in sandy beaches

(2016) Fabiana T. Moreira et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution in lakes and lake shoreline sediments – A case study on Lake Bolsena and Lake Chiusi (central Italy)

(2016) Elke Kerstin Fischer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in Taihu Lake, China

(2016) Lei Su et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

First evidence of microplastics in the African Great Lakes: Recovery from Lake Victoria Nile perch and Nile tilapia

(2016) Fares John Biginagwa et al.   JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH

The preliminary assessment of abundance and composition of marine beach debris in the northern Persian Gulf, Bandar Abbas City, Iran

(2016) Jaleh Sarafraz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Microplastics in coastal sediments from Southern Portuguese shelf waters

(2016) J.P.G.L. Frias et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

The behaviors of microplastics in the marine environment

(2016) Jundong Wang et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Floating plastic debris in the Central and Western Mediterranean Sea

(2016) Luis F. Ruiz-Orejón et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Evidence of microbeads from personal care product contaminating the sea

(2016) Pui Kwan Cheung et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Characterization of microplastic and mesoplastic debris in sediments from Kamilo Beach and Kahuku Beach, Hawai'i

(2016) Alan M. Young et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Regional approach to modeling the transport of floating plastic debris in the Adriatic Sea

(2016) S. Liubartseva et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Percentage of microbeads in pelagic microplastics within Japanese coastal waters

(2016) Atsuhiko Isobe   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Distribution and quantity of microplastic on sandy beaches along the northern coast of Taiwan

(2016) Alexander Kunz et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic contamination in the San Francisco Bay, California, USA

(2016) Rebecca Sutton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in tourist beaches of Huatulco Bay, Pacific coast of southern Mexico

(2016) I. Retama et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

(2016) Anthony Gallagher et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic litter in sediments from a marine area likely to become protected (Aeolian Archipelago's islands, Tyrrhenian sea)

(2016) Paolo Fastelli et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments

(2016) Anika Ballent et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in beach sediments: Insights into microplastic accumulation in northern Gulf of Mexico estuaries

(2016) Caitlin C. Wessel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastics and other anthropogenic debris in freshwater birds from Canada

(2016) Erika R. Holland et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Abundance and Distribution Characteristics of Microplastics in Surface Seawaters of the Incheon/Kyeonggi Coastal Region

(2015) Doo-Hyeon Chae et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Factors Influencing the Spatial Variation of Microplastics on High-Tidal Coastal Beaches in Korea

(2015) In-Sung Kim et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Adsorption of trace metals by microplastic pellets in fresh water

(2015) Andrew Turner et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Hidden plastics of Lake Ontario, Canada and their potential preservation in the sediment record

(2015) Patricia L. Corcoran et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Accumulation of floating microplastics behind the Three Gorges Dam

(2015) Kai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic in three urban estuaries, China

(2015) Shiye Zhao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A critical view on microplastic quantification in aquatic organisms

(2015) Griet Vandermeersch et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

An evaluation of surface micro- and mesoplastic pollution in pelagic ecosystems of the Western Mediterranean Sea

(2015) Florian Faure et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Seasonal distribution and interactions between plankton and microplastics in a tropical estuary

(2015) A.R.A. Lima et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

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

(2015) Marc Long et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY

East Asian seas: A hot spot of pelagic microplastics

(2015) Atsuhiko Isobe et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A quantitative analysis of microplastic pollution along the south-eastern coastline of South Africa

(2015) H.A. Nel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ingestion of microplastics by commercial fish off the Portuguese coast

(2015) Diogo Neves et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine neustonic microplastics around the southeastern coast of Korea

(2015) Jung-Hoon Kang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence and amount of microplastic ingested by fishes in watersheds of the Gulf of Mexico

(2015) Melissa B. Phillips et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic in a macro filter feeder: Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae

(2015) E. Besseling et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic concentrations in beach sediments along the German Baltic coast

(2015) Andrea Stolte et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Hong Kong at the Pearl River Estuary: A hotspot of microplastic pollution

(2015) Lincoln Fok et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine litter on the floor of deep submarine canyons of the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea: The role of hydrodynamic processes

(2015) Xavier Tubau et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

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

Plastic debris in the coastal environment: The invincible threat? Abundance of buried plastic debris on Malaysian beaches

(2015) SH Fauziah et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH

Microplastics profile along the Rhine River

(2015) Thomas Mani et al.   Scientific Reports

Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea

(2015) Andrés Cózar et al.   PLoS One

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

Nanoplastic Affects Growth of S. obliquus and Reproduction of D. magna

(2014) Ellen Besseling 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

Interactions between trace metals and plastic production pellets under estuarine conditions

(2014) Luke A. Holmes et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY

Evidence of microplastics in samples of zooplankton from Portuguese coastal waters

(2014) J.P.G.L. Frias et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Amount and distribution of neustonic micro-plastic off the western Sardinian coast (Central-Western Mediterranean Sea)

(2014) Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Quality assessment of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis): Comparison between commercial and wild types

(2014) B. De Witte et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

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

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

Microplastic fibers in the intertidal ecosystem surrounding Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia

(2014) Alysse Mathalon et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

On the quantity and composition of floating plastic debris entering and leaving the Tamar Estuary, Southwest England

(2014) Saeed S. Sadri et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Evaluating the impacts of marine debris on cetaceans

(2014) Sarah Baulch 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

Floating debris in the Mediterranean Sea

(2014) Giuseppe Suaria et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Macrodebris and microplastics from beaches in Slovenia

(2014) Betty J.L. Laglbauer 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

Plastic debris in the open ocean

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

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

(2014) Matthew Cole et al.   Scientific Reports

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

Contamination of beach sediments of a subalpine lake with microplastic particles

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

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

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

(2013) Wilfried Sanchez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

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

Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton

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

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

Plastic litter in the sea

(2013) M.H. Depledge et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

Quantitative analysis of plastic debris on recreational beaches in Mumbai, India

(2013) H.B. Jayasiri et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Anthropogenic marine debris in the coastal environment: A multi-year comparison between coastal waters and local shores

(2013) M. Thiel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Accumulation of plastic-derived chemicals in tissues of seabirds ingesting marine plastics

(2013) Kosuke Tanaka et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Annual variation in neustonic micro- and meso-plastic particles and zooplankton in the Bay of Calvi (Mediterranean–Corsica)

(2013) Amandine Collignon et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ghost fishing activity in derelict blue crab traps in Louisiana

(2013) Julie A. Anderson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in Singapore’s coastal mangrove ecosystems

(2013) Nur Hazimah Mohamed Nor et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Distribution of small plastic debris in cross-section and high strandline on Heungnam beach, South Korea

(2013) Nak Won Heo et al.   Ocean Science Journal

Patterns of Metal Accumulation by Natural River Biofilms During Their Growth and Seasonal Succession

(2012) Chien-Jung Tien et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Increased oceanic microplastic debris enhances oviposition in an endemic pelagic insect

(2012) M. C. Goldstein et al.   Biology Letters

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

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

The effect of wind mixing on the vertical distribution of buoyant plastic debris

(2012) T. Kukulka et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Active uptake of artificial particles in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

(2012) Y. Kiyama et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Are baleen whales exposed to the threat of microplastics? A case study of the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

(2012) Maria Cristina Fossi et al.   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

Marine debris: A proximate threat to marine sustainability in Bootless Bay, Papua New Guinea

(2012) Stephen D.A. Smith   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

Adsorption of trace metals to plastic resin pellets in the marine environment

(2011) Luke A. Holmes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

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

Marine mammals and debris in coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada

(2011) Rob Williams et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in oceans

(2011) Christiane Zarfl et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic marine debris on the Portuguese coastline: A matter of size?

(2011) J. Martins et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Organic micropollutants in marine plastics debris from the open ocean and remote and urban beaches

(2011) Hisashi Hirai et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole 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

Plastic contamination in the decapod crustacean Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

(2011) Fiona Murray et al.   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

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

Cellular fate of organic compounds in marine invertebrates

(2010) A. Köhler   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Metacommunity diversity depends on connectivity and patch arrangement in heterogeneous habitat networks

(2010) Chelsea Chisholm et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Spatial Patterns of Plastic Debris along Estuarine Shorelines

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

Physical Adsorption of Charged Plastic Nanoparticles Affects Algal Photosynthesis

(2010) Priyanka Bhattacharya et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

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

(2010) Skye Morét-Ferguson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Association of metals with plastic production pellets in the marine environment

(2010) Karen Ashton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence, distribution and characteristics of beached plastic production pellets on the island of Malta (central Mediterranean)

(2010) Andrew Turner et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

On the importance of size of plastic fragments and pellets on the strandline: a snapshot of a Brazilian beach

(2009) Monica F. Costa et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Biofouling and stability of synthetic polymers in sea water

(2009) Trishul Artham et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

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

International Pellet Watch: Global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs

(2009) Yuko Ogata 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

Is marine debris ingestion still a problem for the coastal marine biota of southern Brazil?

(2009) Paula S. Tourinho et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Our plastic age

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

Components of plastic: experimental studies in animals and relevance for human health

(2009) C. E. Talsness 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

Leachates from plastic consumer products – Screening for toxicity with Daphnia magna

(2008) Delilah Lithner et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

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

(2008) Charles James Moore   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Why small plastic particles may pose a big problem in the oceans

(2008) Kellyn Betts   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

Deposit- and suspension-feeding sea cucumbers (Echinodermata) ingest plastic fragments

(2008) Erin R. Graham et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Testing phenanthrene distribution properties of virgin plastic pellets and plastic eroded pellets found on Lesvos island beaches (Greece)

(2007) Hrissi K. Karapanagioti et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Utilization of sewage sludge in EU application of old and new methods—A review

(2006) D. Fytili et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS