Microplastic pollution in Southern Atlantic marine waters: Review of current trends, sources, and perspectives

Floating macro- and microplastics around the Southern Ocean: Results from the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition

(2020) Giuseppe Suaria et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Thirty years of marine debris in the Southern Ocean: Annual surveys of two island shores in the Scotia Sea

(2020) Claire M. Waluda et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Underestimated Microplastic Pollution Derived from Fishery Activities and “Hidden” in Deep Sediment

(2020) Baoming Xue et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic floating debris along a summer-winter estuarine environmental gradient in a coastal lagoon: how does plastic debris arrive in a conservation unit?

(2020) Luciano Lorenzi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Microplastics in Kuwait marine environment: Results of first survey

(2020) Talat Saeed et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Organic pollutants in sedimentary microplastics from eastern Guangdong: Spatial distribution and source identification

(2020) Jingchun Shi et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Characterization of plastic micro particles in the Atlantic Ocean seashore of Cape Town, South Africa and mass spectrometry analysis of pyrolyzate products

(2020) Bongekile Vilakati et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Heavy metals contamination of sedimentary microplastics in Hong Kong

(2020) Wenjie Li et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

First evaluation of neustonic microplastics in the Macaronesian region, NE Atlantic

(2020) A. Herrera et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Presence of microplastics in water, sediments and fish species in an urban coastal environment of Fiji, a Pacific small island developing state

(2020) Marta Ferreira et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Organic contaminants sorbed to microplastics affect marine medaka fish early life stages development

(2020) Florane Le Bihanic et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Diverse groups of fungi are associated with plastics in the surface waters of the Western South Atlantic and the Antarctic Peninsula

(2020) Ana L. d. F. Lacerda et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Seafloor microplastic hotspots controlled by deep-sea circulation

(2020) Ian A. Kane et al.   SCIENCE

Distribution, abundance and risks of microplastics in the environment

(2020) Qing Yu et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Occurrence and distribution of microplastics and polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments from the Qiantang River and Hangzhou Bay, China

(2020) Maria A. Fraser et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Microplastics in offshore fish from the Agulhas Bank, South Africa

(2020) Conrad Sparks et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Limited long-distance transport of plastic pollution by the Orange-Vaal River system, South Africa

(2020) Eleanor A. Weideman et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Insights into catalytic removal and separation of attached metals from natural-aged microplastics by magnetic biochar activating oxidation process

(2020) Shujing Ye et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Storm events as key moments of microplastic contamination in aquatic ecosystems

(2020) James N. Hitchcock   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Review of current trends, advances and analytical challenges for microplastics contamination in Latin America

(2020) Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Occurrence and organic contaminant-carrier effect of microplastics in surface water from the Feilaixia Reservoir in the Beijiang River, China

(2019) Xiangling Tan et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Estimating the mass of chemicals associated with ocean plastic pollution to inform mitigation efforts

(2019) H. L. Frond et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Rethinking microplastics as a diverse contaminant suite

(2019) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Organic contamination of beached plastic pellets in the South Atlantic: Risk assessments can benefit by considering spatial gradients

(2019) Daniel Gorman et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Co-exposure to polystyrene plastic beads and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminants in fish gill (RTgill-W1) and intestinal (RTgutGC) epithelial cells derived from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

(2019) Daniel Bussolaro et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The chemical behaviors of microplastics in marine environment: A review

(2019) Xuan Guo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sampling techniques and preparation methods for microplastic analyses in the aquatic environment – A review

(2019) Friederike Stock et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microplastics abundance and characteristics in surface waters from the Northwest Pacific, the Bering Sea, and the Chukchi Sea

(2019) Jingli Mu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Size and shape matter: A preliminary analysis of microplastic sampling technique in seawater studies with implications for ecological risk assessment

(2019) Garth A. Covernton et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Distribution characteristics of microplastics in the seawater and sediment: A case study in Jiaozhou Bay, China

(2019) Yifan Zheng et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Spatial distribution of microplastics in sediments and surface waters of the southern North Sea

(2019) Claudia Lorenz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Widespread microplastics distribution at an Amazon macrotidal sandy beach

(2019) José Eduardo Martinelli Filho et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Seasonal variation in the abundance of marine plastic debris in Banderas Bay, Mexico

(2019) Tania Pelamatti et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Rapid increase in Asian bottles in the South Atlantic Ocean indicates major debris inputs from ships

(2019) Peter G. Ryan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microplastics in the environment: A critical review of current understanding and identification of future research needs

(2019) Zeynep Akdogan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Sampling microfibres at the sea surface: The effects of mesh size, sample volume and water depth

(2019) Peter G. Ryan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in Tampa Bay, Florida: Abundance and variability in estuarine waters and sediments

(2019) Kinsley McEachern et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in subsurface waters of the western equatorial Atlantic (Brazil)

(2019) Tatiane Martins Garcia et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A baseline study of microplastics in the burrowing crab (Neohelice granulata) from a temperate southwestern Atlantic estuary

(2019) Diana M. Villagran et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Assessment of microplastics in freshwater systems: A review

(2019) Chaoran Li et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A global mass budget for positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean

(2019) Laurent Lebreton et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastics in oysters (Crassostrea gigas) and water at the Bahía Blanca Estuary (Southwestern Atlantic): An emerging issue of global concern

(2019) Melisa D. Fernández Severini et al.   Regional Studies in Marine Science

Atmospheric microplastic deposition in an urban environment and an evaluation of transport

(2019) S.L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Comparison between manta trawl and in situ pump filtration methods, and guidance for visual identification of microplastics in surface waters

(2019) Therese M. Karlsson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Synthetic microfibers in marine sediments and surface seawater from the Argentinean continental shelf and a Marine Protected Area

(2019) Ana C. Ronda et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Neustonic microplastic pollution in the Persian Gulf

(2019) Kamalodin Kor et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Interaction of chemical contaminants with microplastics: Principles and perspectives

(2019) Omowunmi H. Fred-Ahmadu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in aquatic environments: Occurrence, accumulation, and biological effects

(2019) Shen Xu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Adsorption of antibiotics on microplastics

(2018) Jia Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

Consistent patterns of debris on South African beaches indicate that industrial pellets and other mesoplastic items mostly derive from local sources

(2018) Peter G. Ryan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Suspended microplastics in a highly polluted bay: Abundance, size, and availability for mesozooplankton

(2018) Gisela M. Figueiredo 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

Microplastic pollution in China's inland water systems: A review of findings, methods, characteristics, effects, and management

(2018) Kai Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Synthetic and non-synthetic anthropogenic fibers in a river under the impact of Paris Megacity: Sampling methodological aspects and flux estimations

(2018) Rachid Dris et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in the Arctic: A case study with sub-surface water and fish samples off Northeast Greenland

(2018) Silvia Morgana et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics integrating the coastal planktonic community in the inner zone of the Río de la Plata estuary (South America)

(2018) Rocío S. Pazos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Enhanced adsorption of oxytetracycline to weathered microplastic polystyrene: Kinetics, isotherms and influencing factors

(2018) Haibo Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in the Northwestern Pacific: Abundance, distribution, and characteristics

(2018) Zhong Pan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Distribution and potential health impacts of microplastics and microrubbers in air and street dusts from Asaluyeh County, Iran

(2018) Sajjad Abbasi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Horizontal and Vertical Distribution of Microplastics in Korean Coastal Waters

(2018) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics: Finding a consensus on the definition

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

A comparison of sampling methods for seawater microplastics and a first report of the microplastic litter in coastal waters of Ascension and Falkland Islands

(2018) Dannielle S. Green et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Methods for sampling and detection of microplastics in water and sediment: A critical review

(2018) Joana Correia Prata et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Data preprocessing & evaluation used in the microplastics identification process: A critical review & practical guide

(2018) Gerrit Renner et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Distribution, sources and consequences of nutrients, persistent organic pollutants, metals and microplastics in South American estuaries

(2018) Mário Barletta et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic contamination in surface waters in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(2018) Glaucia P. Olivatto et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sinking velocity of sub-millimeter microplastic

(2018) David Kaiser et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Modelling the accumulation and transport of floating marine micro-plastics around South Africa

(2018) C. Collins et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic contamination in an urban estuary: Abundance and distribution of microplastics and fish larvae in the Douro estuary

(2018) S.M. Rodrigues et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Are We Underestimating Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments?

(2017) Jeremy L. Conkle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Microplastic pollution identified in deep-sea water and ingested by benthic invertebrates in the Rockall Trough, North Atlantic Ocean

(2017) Winnie Courtene-Jones et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Toxic effects of microplastic on marine microalgae Skeletonema costatum : Interactions between microplastic and algae

(2017) Cai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics ingestion by a common tropical freshwater fishing resource

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

Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea

(2017) Christian Schmidt et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic and Human Health: A Micro Issue?

(2017) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic Bag Derived-Microplastics as a Vector for Metal Exposure in Terrestrial Invertebrates

(2017) Mark E. Hodson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Quantifying microplastic pollution on sandy beaches: the conundrum of large sample variability and spatial heterogeneity

(2017) Mara Fisner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Sources and fate of microplastics in marine and beach sediments of the Southern Baltic Sea—a preliminary study

(2017) Bożena Graca et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Floating Marine Debris in waters of the Mexican Central Pacific

(2017) Evelyn R. Díaz-Torres 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

Do microplastic loads reflect the population demographics along the southern African coastline?

(2017) Holly Astrid Nel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Settling velocity of microplastic particles of regular shapes

(2017) Liliya Khatmullina et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in coastal environments of the Arabian Gulf

(2017) Oyebamiji Abib Abayomi 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

Beyond plastic waste

(2017) Ellen MacArthur   SCIENCE

Synthetic fibers as microplastics in the marine environment: A review from textile perspective with a focus on domestic washings

(2017) Flavia Salvador Cesa et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

(2017) Laurent C. M. Lebreton et al.   Nature Communications

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Chemical Pollutants Sorbed to Ingested Microbeads from Personal Care Products Accumulate in Fish

(2016) Peter Wardrop et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Evaluation of microplastics in Jurujuba Cove, Niterói, RJ, Brazil, an area of mussels farming

(2016) Rebeca Oliveira Castro et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Prevalence of microplastics in the marine waters of Qatar

(2016) Azenith B. Castillo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic contamination in the San Francisco Bay, California, USA

(2016) Rebecca Sutton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Protocol for Microplastics Sampling on the Sea Surface and Sample Analysis

(2016) Manca Kovač Viršek et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

Microplastics in the aquatic and terrestrial environment: sources (with a specific focus on personal care products), fate and effects

(2016) Karen Duis et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

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

The partition behavior of perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanesulfonamide (FOSA) on microplastics

(2015) Fei Wang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastic in three urban estuaries, China

(2015) Shiye Zhao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

(2015) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

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

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

Abundance, size and polymer composition of marine microplastics ≥ 10 μm in the Atlantic Ocean and their modelled vertical distribution

(2015) Kristina Enders et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ingested microplastics (>100μm) are translocated to organs of the tropical fiddler crab Uca rapax

(2015) Dennis Brennecke et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs

(2015) Dafne Eerkes-Medrano et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics in Arctic polar waters: the first reported values of particles in surface and sub-surface samples

(2015) Amy L. Lusher et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastics in coastal and marine environments of the western tropical and sub-tropical Atlantic Ocean

(2015) Monica F. Costa et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

Distribution patterns of microplastics within the plankton of a tropical estuary

(2014) A.R.A. Lima et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL 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

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

(2014) Amy L. Lusher 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

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

Microplastics in the pelagic environment around oceanic islands of the Western Tropical Atlantic Ocean

(2014) Juliana A. Ivar do Sul et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

A new analytical approach for monitoring microplastics in marine sediments

(2013) Marie-Theres Nuelle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Pelagic microplastics around an archipelago of the Equatorial Atlantic

(2013) Juliana A. Ivar do Sul et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in plastic pellets: Variability in the concentration and composition at different sediment depths in a sandy beach

(2013) Mara Fisner et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine Plastic Pollution in Waters around Australia: Characteristics, Concentrations, and Pathways

(2013) Julia Reisser et al.   PLoS One

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

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

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

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

PAH diagnostic ratios for the identification of pollution emission sources

(2011) Marek Tobiszewski et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2011) Hisashi Hirai et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in plastics ingested by seabirds

(2010) Fernanda Imperatrice Colabuono et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

(2009) E. L. Teuten et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES