Southeast (SE) Asia is a highly biodiverse region, yet it is also estimated to cumulatively
contribute a third of the total global marine plastic pollution. This threat is known to have …

Plastic pollution is increasing rapidly throughout the world's oceans and is considered a
major threat to marine wildlife and ecosystems. Although known to cause lethal or sub-lethal …

Anthropogenic Marine Debris (AMD) in the SE Pacific has primarily local origins from land-
based sources, including cities (coastal and inland), beach-goers, aquaculture, and …

This review quantifies plastic interaction in marine biota. Firstly, entanglement and ingestion
records for all marine birds, mammals, turtles, fish, and invertebrate species, are …

Adverse impacts of marine litter is documented on> 1400 species, including marine
megafauna (fish, birds, sea turtles and mammals). The primary impacts include ingestion …

Plastic debris in marine environments presents a significant threat to life on earth. It is
estimated that 10% of∼ 200 million tons of plastic produced annually ends up in the oceans …

1Regional Integrated Coastal Resource Management Center (RIC-XI), Davao Oriental State
College of Science and Technology, Mati City, Davao Oriental, Philippines 2Institute of …

Southeast Asia is considered to have some of the highest levels of marine plastic pollution in
the world. It is therefore vitally important to increase our understanding of the impacts and …

The presence of plastic in the environment is generating impacts on all habitats and has
become a major global problem in marine megafauna. Macroplastics can cause …

Marine debris is now a ubiquitous component of the Anthropocene global ocean. Plastic
ingestion by marine wildlife was first reported in the 1960s and since that time, roughly one …