Detection and identification of macroplastic debris in aquatic environments is crucial to
understand and counter the growing emergence and current developments in distribution …

Plastic pollution in coastal and marine areas is an ongoing environmental concern in the
world. Despite its growing concern worldwide, there is a knowledge gap in terms of its …

Laboratory-based studies have suggested that marine organisms can be harmed by
ingesting microplastics. However, unless the current and future microplastic abundance in …

The fate of mismanaged plastic waste released into oceans (ocean plastics) remains a topic
of debate, where the mass imbalance between the leakage and abundance in the world's …

For decades we have learned about the physical hazards associated with plastic debris in
the marine environment, but recently we are beginning to realize the chemical hazards …

To investigate concentrations of pelagic micro-(< 5 mm in size) and mesoplastics (> 5 mm) in
the East Asian seas around Japan, field surveys using two vessels were conducted …

Pre-production pellets are an abundant form of plastic waste in the marine environment
whose principal impacts arise from inadvertent ingestion by various organisms when …

The quantity and size distributions of small plastic fragments in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan
were investigated using field surveys and a numerical particle-tracking model. The model …

Recent data indicate accumulation areas of marine litter in Arctic waters and significant
increases over time. Beaches on remote Arctic islands may be sinks for marine litter and …

Anthropogenic marine debris (AMD) is frequently studied on sandy beaches and
occasionally in coastal waters, but links between these two environments have rarely been …