Awareness of microplastic pollution in aquatic environments increased strongly during the
last decade. Environmental monitoring studies detected microplastic items in every tested …

The amount of plastic waste and microplastics released into marine environments has
increased rapidly in recent decades. The durability of plastic materials results in major …

Microplastic pollution has raised global concern for its hazards to biota. To determine the
direct impact of microplastics during their contact with fish, we exposed goldfish (Carassius …

Monitoring the occurrence of microplastic contamination in the Antarctic area is the key to
implement policy measures for waste regulations in the research stations. Antarctic fish …

Simple Summary Microplastics are ubiquitous particles with dimensions less than 5 mm. In
the marine environment, due to their small size, they can be ingested by organisms. The …

This review paper collected, collated, analysed, interpreted, synthesised, and documented
the research investigations conducted on microplastic (MPs) pollution impacts on seafood …

Marine litter is an emerging pollution all over the world. In addition to the macro sized
plastics, ongoing scientific efforts revealed risks of micro and nano sized plastic particles in …

Microplastics represent an important issue of concern for marine ecosystems worldwide, and
closed seas, such as the Mediterranean, are among the most affected by this increasing …

Due to global warming, drought, population growth and industrialisation, existing water
resources are rapidly being depleted and polluted. Pollution caused by millions of plastic …

This study assesses microplastic ingestion in Boops boops at different geographical areas in
the Mediterranean Sea. A total of 884 fish were caught at 20 coastal sites in Spain, France …