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Exposure of coastal environments to river-sourced plastic pollution

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

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Occurrences and distribution of microplastic pollution and the control measures in China

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Microplastic pollution around remote uninhabited coral reefs of Nansha Islands, South China Sea

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Spatial variation of floatable plastic debris and microplastics in the Pearl River Estuary, South China

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The fate of microplastic in marine sedimentary environments: A review and synthesis

(2020) Peter T. Harris   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

High concentrations of plastic hidden beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean

(2020) Katsiaryna Pabortsava et al.   Nature Communications

An analysis of the plastic waste trade and management in Asia

(2020) Yangyang Liang et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Mangroves as unique but understudied traps for anthropogenic marine debris: A review of present information and the way forward

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Coastal accumulation of microplastic particles emitted from the Po River, Northern Italy: Comparing remote sensing and hydrodynamic modelling with in situ sample collections

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Social media as a novel source of data on the impact of marine litter on megafauna: The Philippines as a case study

(2019) Neil Angelo S. Abreo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste occurrence on a beach off southwestern Luzon, Philippines

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Large debris dumps in the northern South China Sea

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Microplastics in the Coral Reef Systems from Xisha Islands of South China Sea

(2019) Jinfeng Ding et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Modelling global river export of microplastics to the marine environment: Sources and future trends

(2019) Jikke van Wijnen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic ingestion in deep-sea fish from the South China Sea

(2019) Lin Zhu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Seagrass beds acting as a trap of microplastics - Emerging hotspot in the coastal region?

(2019) Yuzhou Huang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in marine sediments and rabbitfish (Siganus fuscescens) from selected coastal areas of Negros Oriental, Philippines

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The distribution, characteristics and ecological risks of microplastics in the mangroves of Southern China

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

A meta-analysis of methodologies adopted by microplastic studies in China

(2019) Lincoln Fok et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

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Occurrence of microplastics in gastrointestinal tracts and gills of fish from Beibu Gulf, South China Sea

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Plastic debris in marine birds from an island located in the South China Sea

(2019) Chunyou Zhu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic ingestion by zooplankton in Terengganu coastal waters, southern South China Sea

(2019) Roswati Md Amin et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic pollution in water and fish samples around Nanxun Reef in Nansha Islands, South China Sea

(2019) Huayue Nie et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Risk assessment of microplastics in the ocean: Modelling approach and first conclusions

(2018) Gert Everaert et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Monitoring multi-year macro ocean litter dynamics and backward-tracking simulation of litter origins on a remote island in the South China Sea

(2018) Chia-Ying Ko et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Lost but can't be neglected: Huge quantities of small microplastics hide in the South China Sea

(2018) Minggang Cai et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Below the surface: Twenty-five years of seafloor litter monitoring in coastal seas of North West Europe (1992–2017)

(2018) T. Maes et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics analysis in Malaysian marine waters: A field study of Kuala Nerus and Kuantan

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Simultaneous grading of microplastic size sampling in the Small Islands of Bintan water, Indonesia

(2018) Agung Dhamar Syakti et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Preliminary study of the source apportionment and diversity of microplastics: Taking floating microplastics in the South China Sea as an example

(2018) Teng Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

All is not lost: deriving a top-down mass budget of plastic at sea

(2017) Albert A Koelmans et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Microplastic pollution in the marine waters and sediments of Hong Kong

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

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

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Plastic Debris Is a Human Health Issue

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Modelling accumulation of marine plastics in the coastal zone; what are the dominant physical processes?

(2016) Kay Critchell et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Type and Quantity of Shipborne Garbage at Selected Tropical Beaches

(2016) Julyus-Melvin Mobilik et al.   TheScientificWorldJOURNAL

Assessment of marine debris in beaches or seawaters around the China Seas and coastal provinces

(2016) Changchun Zhou et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Type and Quantity of Shipborne Garbage at Selected Tropical Beaches

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Risk analysis reveals global hotspots for marine debris ingestion by sea turtles

(2015) Qamar A. Schuyler et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2015) Lincoln Fok et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

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

Characterization of small plastic debris on tourism beaches around the South China Sea

(2015) Shiye Zhao et al.   Regional Studies in Marine Science

Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

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