Microplastic fibers, also known as microfibers, are the most abundant microplastic forms
found in the environment. Microfibers are released in massive numbers from textile …

Plastic debris is now ubiquitous in the marine environment affecting a wide range of taxa,
from microscopic zooplankton to large vertebrates. Its persistence and dispersal throughout …

Drift of floating debris is studied with a 2D Lagrangian model with stochastic beaching and
sedimentation of plastics. An ensemble of> 10 10 virtual particles is tracked from …

Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is the largest semi-enclosed sea and one of the worst
affected regional seas with sub-basin scale heterogeneity in plastics concentration. Few …

Growing evidence suggests that anthropogenic litter, particularly plastic, represents a highly
pervasive and persistent threat to global marine ecosystems. Multinational research is …

Dead leaves of the Neptune grass, Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, in the Mediterranean
coastal zone, are colonized by an abundant “detritivorous” invertebrate community that is …

The gastrointestinal tracts of 229 demersal fish belonging to two species (Mullus barbatus,
Merluccius merluccius) were examined for microplastic ingestion. Samples were collected in …

The problem of microplastic pollution is now the order of the day in front of everyone's eyes
affecting the environment and the health of leaving creature. This work aims to retrace the …

Marine litter is one descriptor in the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). This
study provides the first account of an MSFD indicator (Trends in the amount of litter …

This baseline reports scientific evidence of marine litter items embedded in the dune volume
at two study sites on the North Atlantic Portuguese coast. We described how stranded litter …