[HTML][HTML] Quantitative overview of marine debris ingested by marine megafauna

S Kühn, JA Van Franeker - Marine pollution bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
This review quantifies plastic interaction in marine biota. Firstly, entanglement and ingestion
records for all marine birds, mammals, turtles, fish, and invertebrate species, are …

[HTML][HTML] Marine mammals and microplastics: a systematic review and call for standardisation

LJ Zantis, EL Carroll, SE Nelms, T Bosker - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics receive significant societal and scientific attention due to increasing concerns
about their impact on the environment and human health. Marine mammals are considered …

Toward an improved understanding of the ingestion and trophic transfer of microplastic particles: critical review and implications for future research

T Gouin - Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Microplastic particles have been observed in the environment and routinely detected in the
stomachs and intestines of aquatic organisms over the last 50 yr. In the present review …

Do microplastic contaminated seafood consumption pose a potential risk to human health?

SA Vital, C Cardoso, C Avio, L Pittura, F Regoli… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics are present in all parts of the ocean and can have deleterious effects on
marine resources. The aim of this work was to map the presence of microplastics in …

Plastic pollution is killing marine megafauna, but how do we prioritize policies to reduce mortality?

L Roman, Q Schuyler, C Wilcox… - Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pollution by plastic and other debris is a problem affecting the world's oceans and is
increasing through time. The problem is so large that prioritizing solutions to effect …

Eliminating plastic pollution: how a voluntary contribution from industry will drive the circular plastics economy

A Forrest, L Giacovazzi, S Dunlop, J Reisser… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Marine plastic pollution is a symptom of an inherently wasteful linear plastic economy,
costing us more than US $2.2 trillion per year. Of the 6.3 billion tonnes of fossil fuel-derived …

Assessing the potential for the introduction and spread of alien species with marine litter

B Mghili, GE De-la-Torre, M Aksissou - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
The introduction and transport of marine invasive species into new environments are a great
threat to biodiversity and ecosystem services with potential economic repercussions. There …

[HTML][HTML] Global distribution of potential impact hotspots for marine plastic debris entanglement

MA Høiberg, JS Woods, F Verones - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine animals have been known to interact with and become entangled in plastic debris for
decades. Despite increasing annual input volumes of plastic waste to the natural …

Techno-economic assessment of chp systems in wastewater treatment plants

DM Riley, J Tian, G Güngör-Demirci, P Phelan… - Environments, 2020 - mdpi.com
Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) utilization of combined heat and power (CHP) systems
allows for the efficient use of on-site biogas production, as well as increased annual savings …

Marine macroinvertebrates fouled in marine anthropogenic litter in the Moroccan Mediterranean

B Mghili, GE De-la-Torre, M Analla, M Aksissou - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
The existence of floating marine litter in marine environments enhances the potential for the
transport of fouling organisms using these substrates as vectors. In this study, we examined …