This review article summarises the sources, occurrence, fate and effects of plastic waste in
the marine environment. Due to its resistance to degradation, most plastic debris will persist …

In this review we report new findings concerning interaction between marine debris and
wildlife. Deleterious effects and consequences of entanglement, consumption and …

In this study we examined the adsorption characteristics of heavy metals on microplastic
through laboratory test and field test. We demonstrated that polyvinyl chloride …

Microplastics are an emerging marine pollutant. It is important to understand their
distribution in the marine environment and their implications on marine habitats and marine …

Plastic pollution has become one of the largest environmental challenges we currently face.
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has listed it as a critical problem …

This chapter traces the history of marine litter research from anecdotal reports of
entanglement and plastic ingestion in the 1960s to the current focus on microplastics and …

Carrageenan, a polysaccharide extracted from marine algae, is becoming increasingly
regarded as a promising renewable biomaterial that has strong potential as a substitute for …

The presence and persistence of microplastics in the environment is increasingly
recognized, however, how they are distributed throughout environmental systems requires …

Microplastics represent a new kind of environmental pollutant that has recently attracted
extensive attention and become a research hotspot. Microplastics are similar in size to the …

Microplastics are firmly recognized as a ubiquitous and growing threat to marine biota and
their associated marine habitats worldwide. The evidence of the prevalence of microplastics …