[HTML][HTML] Microplastic contamination in seawater across global marine protected areas boundaries

BZ Nunes, Y Huang, VV Ribeiro, S Wu, H Holbech… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the relatively rich literature on the omnipresence of microplastics in marine
environments, the current status and ecological impacts of microplastics on global Marine …

[HTML][HTML] Vulnerability of microplastics on marine environment: A review

C Pothiraj, TA Gokul, KR Kumar… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs), which are small plastic particles measuring less than 5 mm in size,
have emerged as a significant environmental concern in marine ecosystems worldwide. The …

A global snapshot of microplastic contamination in sediments and biota of marine protected areas

BZ Nunes, LB Moreira, EG Xu, ÍB Castro - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) become ubiquitous contaminants in Marine Protected Areas (MPA) that
have been planned as a conservation strategy. The present study provides a …

Widespread occurrence of microplastic pollution in open sea surface waters: Evidence from the mid-North Pacific Ocean

Z Pan, Q Liu, X Sun, W Li, Q Zou, S Cai, H Lin - Gondwana Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution has become a pressing worldwide environmental crisis due to its
ubiquitous occurrence and distribution across the globe and potential impacts on …

Understanding microplastic pollution of marine ecosystem: a review

S Sharma, A Bhardwaj, M Thakur, A Saini - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Microplastics are emerging as prominent pollutants across the globe. Oceans are becoming
major sinks for these pollutants, and their presence is widespread in coastal regions …

A critical review on the sources and instruments of marine microplastics and prospects on the relevant management in China

J Wang, L Zheng, J Li - Waste Management & Research, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The world's oceans are suffering a constant and unprecedented accumulation of emerging
plastic contaminants known as microplastics with a particle diameter smaller than 5mm …

Environmental implications of microplastic pollution in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean

Z Pan, Q Liu, Y Sun, X Sun, H Lin - Marine pollution bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) contamination has been recognized as one of major threats to coastal
marine environments. Although studies evidenced severe MPs contaminations to the Pacific …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in the marine environment: Sources, fates, impacts and microbial degradation

H Yang, G Chen, J Wang - Toxics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The serious global microplastic pollution has attracted public concern in recent years.
Microplastics are widely distributed in various environments and their pollution is already …

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

D Fu, CM Chen, H Qi, Z Fan, Z Wang, L Peng… - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) pollution has been increasingly investigated in marine and freshwater
environments, even in atmosphere in China. Current literatures show that MPs …

Interaction of toxic chemicals with microplastics: a critical review

F Wang, CS Wong, D Chen, X Lu, F Wang, EY Zeng - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in the environment has attracted great attention as it has
become a global concern. This review aims to systematically demonstrate the role of marine …