Assessing plastic size distribution and quantity on a remote island in the South Pacific

Seabird breeding islands as sinks for marine plastic debris

(2021) Megan L. Grant et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Abundance and distribution of microplastics on sandy beaches of Lima, Peru

(2020) Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

EXPRESS: Is It or Isn’t It: The Importance of Visual Classification in Microplastic Characterization

(2020) Amy Lusher et al.   APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY

EXPRESS: Reporting Guidelines to Increase the Reproducibility and Comparability of Research on Microplastics

(2020) Win Cowger et al.   APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY

Atmospheric microplastics: A review on current status and perspectives

(2020) Yulan Zhang et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Transport and Burial of Microplastics in Deep-Marine Sediments by Turbidity Currents

(2020) Florian Pohl et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Density and composition of surface and buried plastic debris in beaches of Senegal

(2020) Davi Castro Tavares et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

First evidence of plastic fallout from the North Pacific Garbage Patch

(2020) Matthias Egger et al.   Scientific Reports

EXPRESS: Steps Scientists Can Take to Inform Aquatic Microplastics Management: A Perspective Informed by the California Experience

(2020) Holly Wyer et al.   APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY

From macro to micro, from patchy to uniform: Analyzing plastic contamination along and across a sandy tide-less coast

(2020) I. Chubarenko et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Proceed with caution: The need to raise the publication bar for microplastics research

(2020) Jennifer F. Provencher et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution

(2020) Stephanie B. Borrelle et al.   SCIENCE

Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris

(2019) Nanna B. Hartmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Emergence of nanoplastic in the environment and possible impact on human health

(2019) Roman Lehner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Abundance of non-conservative microplastics in the upper ocean from 1957 to 2066

(2019) Atsuhiko Isobe et al.   Nature Communications

Potential interaction between plastic litter and green turtle Chelonia mydas during nesting in an extremely polluted beach

(2019) Sedat Gündoğdu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Are the primary characteristics of polystyrene nanoplastics responsible for toxicity and ad/absorption in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum?

(2019) Marta Sendra et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The why and how of micro(nano)plastic research

(2019) M. Oliveira et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

The influence of human activity and morphological characteristics of beaches on plastic debris distribution along the Caspian Sea as a closed water body

(2019) Sanaz Ghaffari et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Small microplastic particles (S-MPPs) in sediments of mangrove ecosystem on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf

(2019) Abolfazl Naji et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence, distribution and size relationships of plastic debris along shores and sediment of northern Lake Victoria

(2019) Robert Egessa et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Global Review of Beach Debris Monitoring and Future Recommendations

(2019) Catarina Serra-Gonçalves et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Entrapment in plastic debris endangers hermit crabs

(2019) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Role of surface functionalities of nanoplastics on their transport in seawater-saturated sea sand

(2019) Zhiqiang Dong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Micro- and nano-plastics in marine environment: Source, distribution and threats — A review

(2019) Licheng Peng et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Environmental Warming and Feminization of One of the Largest Sea Turtle Populations in the World

(2018) Michael P. Jensen et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Current opinion: What is a nanoplastic?

(2018) Julien Gigault et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Spatio-temporal variability of beached macro-litter on remote islands of the North Atlantic

(2018) Noelia Ríos et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic litter transfer from sediments towards marine trophic webs: A case study on holothurians

(2018) Monia Renzi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Three-dimensional distribution of anthropogenic microparticles in the body of sandy beaches

(2018) I.P. Chubarenko et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Characterization of plastic debris and association of metals with microplastics in coastline sediment along the Persian Gulf

(2018) Sina Dobaradaran et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic

(2018) L. Lebreton et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastics along the beaches of southeast coast of India

(2018) R. Karthik et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics: Finding a consensus on the definition

(2018) J.P.G.L. Frias et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine debris as a barrier: Assessing the impacts on sea turtle hatchlings on their way to the ocean

(2018) M. Aguilera et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Micro- (nano) plastics in freshwater ecosystems: Abundance, toxicological impact and quantification methodology

(2018) Stefan-Adrian Strungaru et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Trace elements in fragments of fishing net and other filamentous plastic litter from two beaches in SW England

(2017) Andrew Turner   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2017) Lincoln Fok et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Combined Effects of UV Exposure Duration and Mechanical Abrasion on Microplastic Fragmentation by Polymer Type

(2017) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Characteristics of meso-sized plastic marine debris on 20 beaches in Korea

(2017) Jongsu Lee 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 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

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

(2017) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The First Evaluation of Microplastics in Sediments from the Complex Lagoon-Channel of Bizerte (Northern Tunisia)

(2017) Sami Abidli et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

A rapid-screening approach to detect and quantify microplastics based on fluorescent tagging with Nile Red

(2017) Thomas Maes et al.   Scientific Reports

Anthropogenic microfibres pollution in marine biota. A new and simple methodology to minimize airborne contamination

(2016) Michele Torre et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Bottles, bags, ropes and toothbrushes: the struggle to track ocean plastics

(2016) Daniel Cressey   NATURE

Seabirds, gyres and global trends in plastic pollution

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

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

(2015) Erik van Sebille et al.   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

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

High beach temperatures increased female-biased primary sex ratios but reduced output of female hatchlings in the leatherback turtle

(2014) Pilar Santidrián Tomillo et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Occurrence and spatial distribution of microplastics in sediments from Norderney

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

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

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

(2014) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

(2014) Alexander Turra et al.   Scientific Reports

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

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

NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis

(2012) Caroline A Schneider et al.   NATURE METHODS

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

Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2010) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

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