Microplastics (MPs) are generated from plastic and have negative impact to our environment
due to high level of fragmentation. They can be originated from various sources in different …

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 …

We present here the first estimates of floating macro-litter in surface waters from the Rhone
River, based on monthly visual observations during 1-year period (2016–2017). Plastic …

Monitoring efforts are required to understand the sources, distribution and abundance of
microplastic pollution. To verify the abundance of microplastics along the Tuscan coastal …

Polymer contamination is a major pollutant in all waterways and a significant concern of the
21st Century, gaining extensive research, media, and public attention. The polymer pollution …

Macro-and microplastics abundances were determined in the Adriatic Sea following the
MSFD TG10 protocol. The studied areas included populated gulfs, river outlets and offshore …

Microplastics (MPs) are widely distributed in the marine environment, posing a significant
threat to marine biota. The contribution of anthropogenic and terrestrial sources to the …

Plastic pollution is an omnipresent problem that threatens marine animals through ingestion
and entanglement. Marine mammals are no exception to this rule but their interaction with …

The Mediterranean is considered a hot-spot for plastic pollution, due to its semi-enclosed
nature and heavily populated coastal areas. In the present study, a basin-scale coupled …

Marine litter concentration in the Mediterranean Sea is strongly influenced both by
anthropogenic pressures and hydrodynamic factors that locally characterise the basin …