Contamination from plastic debris is omnipresent in marine environments, posing a
substantial risk to marine organisms, food webs and the ecosystem. The overlap between …

Polychaetes are common in most marine habitats and dominate many infaunal communities.
Functional guild classification based on taxonomic identity and morphology has linked …

The microplastic body burden of marine animals is often assumed to reflect levels of
environmental contamination, yet variations in feeding ecology and regional trait expression …

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 …

Plastic waste is a pervasive feature of marine environments, yet little is empirically known
about the biological and physical processes that transport plastics through marine …

It would not have been possible for me to write the three editions of this book without a
double dose of extraordinary fortune: to have been part of the Woods Hole scientific …

Air pollution is one of the biggest health and environmental problems in the world and a
huge threat to human health on a global scale. Due to the great impact of respiratory viral …

The majority of plastics present in the marine environment are microplastics (MPs,< 5 mm).
Suspension filter feeders are susceptible species to MPs ingestion. Once ingested MPs can …

Suspension-feeding bivalve molluscs are foundation species in coastal intertidal systems.
The selective feeding capabilities of these animals can have a large influence on …

The history of Earth's biodiversity is punctuated episodically by mass extinctions. These are
characterized by major declines of taxon richness, but the accompanying ecological …