The DOI matches its Crossref record; 90 of the 90 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Interactions of microplastic debris throughout the marine ecosystem
Open accessAbstract
Marine microscopic plastic (microplastic) debris is a modern societal issue, illustrating the challenge of balancing the convenience of plastic in daily life with the prospect of causing ecological harm by careless disposal. Here we develop the concept of microplastic as a complex, dynamic mixture of polymers and additives, to which organic material and contaminants can successively bind to form an 'ecocorona', increasing the density and surface charge of particles and changing their bioavailability and toxicity. Chronic exposure to microplastic is rarely lethal, but can adversely affect individual animals, reducing feeding and depleting energy stores, with knock-on effects for fecundity and growth. We explore the extent to which ecological processes could be impacted, including altered behaviours, bioturbation and impacts on carbon flux to the deep ocean. We discuss how microplastic compares with other anthropogenic pollutants in terms of ecological risk, and consider the role of science and society in tackling this global issue in the future.
Overview
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
The cited source says what the claim attributes to it.
In the citing paper
“In addition to their widespread distribution, because of their small size (typically defined as <5 mm), microplastics are believed to be bioavailable to a wide range of organisms (Botterell et al., 2019;Galloway et al., 2017).”
From No Effect of Realistic Concentrations of Polyester Microplastic Fibers on Freshwater Zooplankton Communities (2024) · cites this paper as Galloway et al., 2017
In the citing paper
“Both types of particles trigger a range of toxicologic effects.4,5”
From Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Atheromas and Cardiovascular Events (2024) · cites this paper as [4]
Self-check
Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
The self-check needs the paper’s full text.
Citations
Cites
A safe operating space for humanity
Rockström, J., Steffen, W., Noone, K., Persson, Å., Chapin, F. S., Lambin, E. F., Lenton, T. M., Scheffer, M., Folke, C., Schellnhuber, H. J., et al. (2009) · Nature · doi:10.1038/461472a · Cited by 13,333
Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean
Jambeck, J. R., Geyer, R., Wilcox, C., Siegler, T. R., Perryman, M., Andrady, A., Narayan, R., & Law, K. L. (2015) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1260352 · Cited by 13,163
Lost at sea: where is all the plastic?
Thompson, R. C., Olsen, Y., Mitchell, R. P., Davis, A., Rowland, S. J., John, A. W. G., McGonigle, D., & Russell, A. E. (2004) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1094559 · Cited by 7,765
Understanding biophysicochemical interactions at the nano–bio interface
Nel, A. E., Mädler, L., Velegol, D., Xia, T., Hoek, E. M. V., Somasundaran, P., Klaessig, F., Castranova, V., & Thompson, M. (2009) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/nmat2442 · Cited by 7,083
Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review
Cole, M., Lindeque, P., Halsband, C., & Galloway, T. S. (2011) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.09.025 · Cited by 6,023
Self-citationEriksen, M., Lebreton, L. C. M., Carson, H. S., Thiel, M., Moore, C. J., Borerro, J. C., Galgani, F., Ryan, P. G., & Reisser, J. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111913 · Cited by 4,710
The Physical Impacts of Microplastics on Marine Organisms: A Review
Wright, S. L., Thompson, R. C., & Galloway, T. S. (2013) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2013.02.031 · Cited by 4,524
Self-citationOceanic phytoplankton, atmospheric sulphur, cloud albedo and climate
Charlson, R. J., Lovelock, J. E., Andreae, M. O., & Warren, S. G. (1987) · Nature · doi:10.1038/326655a0 · Cited by 4,305
Bergmann, M., Gutow, L., & Klages, M. (2015) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16510-3 · Cited by 3,513
Life in the “plastisphere”: microbial communities on plastic marine debris
Zettler, E. R., Mincer, T. J., & Amaral-Zettler, L. A. (2013) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es401288x · Cited by 3,368
Flagged first, then by citations
Research works printed but not linked: 1
- Wright, S., Rowe, D., Thompson, R. C. & Galloway, T. S. Microplastic ingestion decreases energy reserves in marine worms. Curr. Biol. 23, 1031–1033 (2013). · DOI · Paper page
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Items 101–200 of 1,004
Microplastic Distribution at Different Sediment Depths in an Urban Estuary
Willis, K. A., Eriksen, R., Wilcox, C., & Hardesty, B. D. (2017) · Frontiers in Marine Science · doi:10.3389/fmars.2017.00419 · Cited by 286
Plastic ingestion by marine fish is widespread and increasing
Savoca, M. S., McInturf, A. G., & Hazen, E. L. (2021) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.15533 · Cited by 301
Sun, Y., Duan, C., Cao, N., Ding, C., Huang, Y., & Wang, J. (2021) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127282 · Cited by 285
Wetland soil microplastics are negatively related to vegetation cover and stem density
Helcoski, R., Yonkos, L. T., Sanchez, A., & Baldwin, A. H. (2019) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113391 · Cited by 281
Yang, X., Man, Y. B., Wong, M. H., Owen, R. B., & Chow, K. L. (2022) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154025 · Cited by 305
Micro- and nanoplastics – current state of knowledge with the focus on oral uptake and toxicity
Paul, M. B., Stock, V., Cara-Carmona, J., Lisicki, E., Shopova, S., Fessard, V., Braeuning, A., Sieg, H., & Böhmert, L. (2020) · Nanoscale Advances · doi:10.1039/d0na00539h · Cited by 292
Renewable energy present status and future potentials in India: An overview
Dey, S., Sreenivasulu, A., Veerendra, G. T. N., Rao, K. V., & Padavala, S. S. A. B. (2022) · Innovation and Green Development · doi:10.1016/j.igd.2022.100006 · Cited by 278
The ocean’s ultimate trashcan: Hadal trenches as major depositories for plastic pollution
Peng, G., Bellerby, R. G. J., Zhang, F., Sun, X., & Li, D. (2019) · Water Research · doi:10.1016/j.watres.2019.115121 · Cited by 283
PET-microplastics as a vector for heavy metals in a simulated plant rhizosphere zone
Abbasi, S., Moore, F., Keshavarzi, B., Hopke, P. K., Naidu, R., Rahman, M. M., Oleszczuk, P., & Karimi, J. (2020) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140984 · Cited by 276
Micro- and nanoplastics: A new cardiovascular risk factor?
Zhu, X., Wang, C., Duan, X., Liang, B., Genbo Xu, E., & Huang, Z. (2023) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2022.107662 · Cited by 273
Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Sources, Fates, Impacts and Microbial Degradation
Yang, H., Chen, G., & Wang, J. (2021) · Toxics · doi:10.3390/toxics9020041 · Cited by 307
Paul-Pont, I., Tallec, K., González-Fernández, C., Christophe Lambert, B., Vincent, D., Mazurais, D., Zambonino‐Infante, J., Brotons, G., Lagarde, F., Fabioux, C., et al. (2018) · Frontiers in Marine Science · doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00252 · Cited by 286
Saavedra, J., Stoll, S., & Slaveykova, V. I. (2019) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.05.135 · Cited by 269
Microplastics in seawater and zooplankton from the Yellow Sea
Sun, X., Liang, J., Zhu, M., Zhao, Y., & Zhang, B. (2018) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.07.014 · Cited by 278
Microplastic accumulation in benthic invertebrates in Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica).
Sfriso, A., Tomio, Y., Rosso, B., Gambaro, A., Sfriso, A., Corami, F., Rastelli, E., Corinaldesi, C., Mistri, M., & Munari, C. (2020) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.105587 · Cited by 216
Effects of microplastics and nanoplastics on marine environment and human health
Sana, S. S., Dogiparthi, L. K., Gangadhar, L., Chakravorty, A., & Abhishek, N. (2020) · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · doi:10.1007/s11356-020-10573-x · Cited by 275
Wang, M., Li, Q., Shi, C., Lv, J., Xu, Y., Yang, J., Chua, S. L., Jia, L., Chen, H., Liu, Q. S., et al. (2023) · Nature Nanotechnology · doi:10.1038/s41565-023-01329-y · Cited by 275
Effects of inorganic ions and natural organic matter on the aggregation of nanoplastics
Cai, L., Hu, L., Shi, H., Ye, J., Zhang, Y., & Kim, H. (2018) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.01.052 · Cited by 263
Effects of Nylon Microplastic on Feeding, Lipid Accumulation, and Moulting in a Coldwater Copepod
Cole, M., Coppock, R., Lindeque, P. K., Altin, D., Reed, S., Pond, D. W., Sørensen, L., Galloway, T. S., & Booth, A. M. (2019) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b01853 · Cited by 272
Self-citationThe release process of microfibers: from surgical face masks into the marine environment
Saliu, F., Veronelli, M., Raguso, C., Barana, D., Galli, P., & Lasagni, M. (2021) · Environmental Advances · doi:10.1016/j.envadv.2021.100042 · Cited by 226
Thiel, M., Luna‐Jorquera, G., Álvarez-Varas, R., Gallardo, C., Hinojosa, I. A., Luna, N., Miranda‐Urbina, D., Morales, N. A., Ory, N. C., Pacheco, A. S., et al. (2018) · Frontiers in Marine Science · doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00238 · Cited by 261
Microplastics Reduce Lipid Digestion in Simulated Human Gastrointestinal System
Tan, H., Yue, T., Xu, Y., Zhao, J. L., & Xing, B. (2020) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c02608 · Cited by 266
Biotechnological methods to remove microplastics: a review
Anand, U., Dey, S., Bontempi, E., Ducoli, S., Vethaak, A. D., Dey, A., & Federici, S. (2023) · Environmental Chemistry Letters · doi:10.1007/s10311-022-01552-4 · Cited by 274
Toxic Chemicals and Persistent Organic Pollutants Associated with Micro-and Nanoplastics Pollution
Okoye, C. O., Addey, C. I., Oderinde, O., Okoro, J. O., Uwamungu, J. Y., Chukwudozie, K. I., Okeke, E. S., Ejeromedoghene, O., & Odii, E. C. (2022) · Chemical Engineering Journal Advances · doi:10.1016/j.ceja.2022.100310 · Cited by 275
Haegerbaeumer, A., Mueller, M.-T., Fueser, H., & Traunspurger, W. (2019) · Frontiers in Environmental Science · doi:10.3389/fenvs.2019.00017 · Cited by 263
Choi, Y. R., Kim, Y., Yoon, J.-H., DICKINSON, N. M., & Kim, K.-H. (2020) · Journal of Soils and Sediments · doi:10.1007/s11368-020-02759-0 · Cited by 258
Liu, Z., Huang, Y., Jiao, Y., Chen, Q., Wu, D., Yu, P., Li, Y., Cai, M., & Zhao, Y. (2020) · Aquatic Toxicology · doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105420 · Cited by 261
Effects of Virgin Micro- and Nanoplastics on Fish: Trends, Meta-Analysis, and Perspectives
Jacob, H., Besson, M., Swarzenski, P. W., Lecchini, D., & Métian, M. (2020) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b05995 · Cited by 252
The Unintended Side Effects of Bioplastics: Carbon, Land, and Water Footprints
Brizga, J., Hubacek, K., & Feng, K. (2020) · One Earth · doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2020.06.016 · Cited by 271
Superimposed microplastic pollution in a coastal metropolis
Su, L., Sharp, S. M., Pettigrove, V. J., Craig, N. J., Nan, B., Du, F., & Shi, H. (2019) · Water Research · doi:10.1016/j.watres.2019.115140 · Cited by 248
Plastic pollution: When do we know enough?
Horton, A. A. (2021) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126885 · Cited by 255
Green, D. S., Colgan, T. J., Thompson, R. C., & Carolan, J. C. (2018) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.12.017 · Cited by 255
Cole, M., Liddle, C., Consolandi, G., Drago, C., Hird, C., Lindeque, P. K., & Galloway, T. S. (2020) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111552 · Cited by 235
Self-citationEstuarine plastisphere as an overlooked source of N2O production
Su, X., Yang, L., Yang, K., Tang, Y., Wen, T., Wang, Y., Rillig, M. C., Rohe, L., Pan, J., Li, H., et al. (2022) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31584-x · Cited by 240
Marine vs freshwater microalgae exopolymers as biosolutions to microplastics pollution
Cunha, C., Faria, M., Nogueira, N., Ferreira, A. R., & Cordeiro, N. (2019) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.03.046 · Cited by 237
Aggregation kinetics of UV irradiated nanoplastics in aquatic environments
Liu, Y., Hu, Y., Yang, C., Chen, C., Huang, W., & Dang, Z. (2019) · Water Research · doi:10.1016/j.watres.2019.114870 · Cited by 239
The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit
Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C. N., Williams, M., & Fairchild, I. J. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108621359 · Cited by 349
Mu, Y., Sun, J., Li, Z., Zhang, W., Liu, Z., Li, C., Peng, C., Cui, G., Shao, H., & Du, Z. (2021) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132944 · Cited by 243
Provencher, J. F., Vermaire, J. C., Avery‐Gomm, S., Braune, B. M., & Mallory, M. L. (2018) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.101 · Cited by 246
Bhatt, P., Pathak, V. M., Bagheri, A. R., & Bilal, M. (2021) · Environmental Research · doi:10.1016/j.envres.2021.111762 · Cited by 239
Towards an ecology of soil microplastics
Helmberger, M. S., Tiemann, L. K., & Grieshop, M. J. (2019) · Functional Ecology · doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13495 · Cited by 235
Microplastics Exposure Routes and Toxicity Studies to Ecosystems: An Overview
Enyoh, C. E., Shafea, L., Verla, A. W., Verla, E. N., Qingyue, W., Chowdhury, T., & Paredes, M. (2020) · Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology · doi:10.5620/eaht.e2020004 · Cited by 240
Microplastic ingestion in deep-sea fish from the South China Sea
Zhu, L., Wang, H., Chen, B., Sun, X., Qu, K., & Xia, B. (2019) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.380 · Cited by 227
Abundance, composition, and potential intake of microplastics in canned fish
Akhbarizadeh, R., Dobaradaran, S., Nabipour, I., Tajbakhsh, S., Darabi, A. H., & Spitz, J. (2020) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111633 · Cited by 241
Jiang, Y., Yang, F., Kazmi, S. S. U. H., Zhao, Y., Chen, M., & Wang, J. (2021) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131677 · Cited by 230
Horton, A. A., & Barnes, D. K. A. (2020) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140349 · Cited by 240
Biodegradable microplastics enhance soil microbial network complexity and ecological stochasticity
Sun, Y., Li, X., Cao, N., Duan, C., Ding, C., Huang, Y., & Wang, J. (2022) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129610 · Cited by 223
Li, R., Zhang, L., Xue, B., & Wang, Y. (2018) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.089 · Cited by 229
Benson, N. U., Agboola, O. D., Fred-Ahmadu, O. H., De-la-Torre, G. E., Oluwalana, A. I., & Williams, A. B. (2022) · Frontiers in Marine Science · doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.851281 · Cited by 229
Microplastic pollution alters forest soil microbiome
Ng, E. L., Lin, S. Y., Dungan, A. M., Colwell, J. M., Ede, S., Lwanga, E. H., Meng, K., Geissen, V., Blackall, L. L., & Chen, D. (2020) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124606 · Cited by 220
Microplastic contamination in benthic organisms from the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions
Fang, C., Zheng, R., Zhang, Y., Hong, F., Mu, J., Chen, M., Song, P., Lin, L., Lin, H., Le, F., et al. (2018) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.101 · Cited by 236
Ricardo, I. A., Alberto, E. A., Silva, A. C., Macuvele, D. L. P., Padoin, N., Soares, C., Riella, H. G., Starling, M. C. V. M., & Trovó, A. G. (2021) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2021.130282 · Cited by 221
Invertebrate responses to microplastic ingestion: Reviewing the role of the antioxidant system
Trestrail, C., Nugegoda, D., & Shimeta, J. (2020) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138559 · Cited by 220
Reconstructing the Environmental Degradation of Polystyrene by Accelerated Weathering
Meides, N., Menzel, T., Pötzschner, B., Löder, M. G. J., Mansfeld, U., Strohriegl, P., Altstädt, V., & Senker, J. (2021) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c07718 · Cited by 224
Sarker, A., Deepo, D. M., Nandi, R., Rana, J., Islam, S., Rahman, S., Hossain, M. N., Islam, M. S., Baroi, A., & Kim, J. (2020) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139296 · Cited by 220
Flury, M., & Narayan, R. (2021) · Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.cogsc.2021.100490 · Cited by 231
Wang, S., Han, Q., Wei, Z., Wang, Y., Xie, J., & Chen, M. (2022) · Food and Chemical Toxicology · doi:10.1016/j.fct.2022.112904 · Cited by 211
A review on marine plastisphere: biodiversity, formation, and role in degradation
Du, Y., Liu, X., Dong, X., & Yin, Z. (2022) · Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal · doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2022.02.008 · Cited by 213
Goswami, P., Vinithkumar, N. V., & Dharani, G. (2020) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111163 · Cited by 209
Alimi, O. S., Fadare, O. O., & Okoffo, E. D. (2020) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142422 · Cited by 205
Mu, J., Qu, L., Jin, F., Zhang, S., Fang, C., Ma, X., Zhang, W., Huo, C., Cong, Y., & Wang, J. (2018) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.097 · Cited by 211
Patterson, J., Jeyasanta, K. I., Sathish, N., Booth, A. M., & Edward, J. K. P. (2019) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.063 · Cited by 205
Microplastic materials in the environment: Problem and strategical solutions
Tian, W., Song, P., Zhang, H., Duan, X., Wei, Y., Wang, H., & Wang, S. (2022) · Progress in Materials Science · doi:10.1016/j.pmatsci.2022.101035 · Cited by 207
Use of unmanned aerial vehicles for efficient beach litter monitoring
Martin, C., Parkes, S. D., Zhang, Q., Zhang, X., McCabe, M. F., & Duarte, C. M. (2018) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.04.045 · Cited by 219
Hermabessière, L., Paul-Pont, I., Cassone, A.-L., Himber, C., Receveur, J., Jézéquel, R., Rakwe, M. E., Rinnert, E., Rivière, G., Christophe Lambert, B., et al. (2019) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.04.051 · Cited by 203
Rai, P. K., Lee, J., Brown, R. J. C., & Kim, K. (2020) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123910 · Cited by 205
Singh, N., Mondal, A., Bagri, A., Tiwari, E., Khandelwal, N., Monikh, F. A., & Darbha, G. K. (2021) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111960 · Cited by 206
Sarkar, B., Dissanayake, P. D., Bolan, N. S., Jaffer, Y. D., Kumar, M., Haque, M. N., Mukhopadhyay, R., Ramanayaka, S., Biswas, J. K., Tsang, D. C. W., et al. (2021) · Environmental Research · doi:10.1016/j.envres.2021.112179 · Cited by 208
Consequences of nano and microplastic exposure in rodent models: the known and unknown
Brito, W. A. D. S., Mutter, F., Wende, K., Cecchini, A. L., Schmidt, A., & Bekeschus, S. (2022) · Particle and Fibre Toxicology · doi:10.1186/s12989-022-00473-y · Cited by 214
Microplastics destabilize lipid membranes by mechanical stretching
Fleury, J., & Baulin, V. A. (2021) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2104610118 · Cited by 200
Sharifinia, M., Bahmanbeigloo, Z. A., Keshavarzifard, M., Khanjani, M. H., & Lyons, B. P. (2020) · Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety · doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111109 · Cited by 201
Provencher, J. F., Ammendolia, J., Rochman, C. M., & Mallory, M. L. (2019) · Environmental Reviews · doi:10.1139/er-2018-0079 · Cited by 194
Mechanisms and the Engineering Approaches for the Degradation of Microplastics
Bacha, A.-U.-R., Nabi, I., & Zhang, L. (2021) · ACS ES&T Engineering · doi:10.1021/acsestengg.1c00216 · Cited by 194
Bioavailability of microplastics to marine zooplankton: effect of shape and infochemicals
Botterell, Z. L. R., Beaumont, N., Cole, M., Hopkins, F. E., Steinke, M., Thompson, R. C., & Lindeque, P. K. (2020) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c02715 · Cited by 193
Self-citationRai, P. K., Sonne, C., Brown, R. J. C., Younis, S. A., & Kim, K. (2021) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127903 · Cited by 204
Microplastic-associated pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in environment
Kaur, K., Reddy, S. M. L., Barathe, P., Oak, U., Shriram, V., Kharat, S. S., Govarthanan, M., & Kumar, V. (2021) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133005 · Cited by 200
Global transportation of plastics and microplastics: A critical review of pathways and influences
Su, L., Xiong, X., Zhang, Y., Wu, C., Xu, X., Sun, C., & Shi, H. (2022) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154884 · Cited by 207
Comparisons of microplastic pollution between mudflats and sandy beaches in Hong Kong
Lo, H., Xu, X., Wong, C., & Cheung, S. G. (2018) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.01.031 · Cited by 191
Liu, Z., Cai, M., Wu, D., Yu, P., Jiao, Y., Jiang, Q., & Zhao, Y. (2019) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113506 · Cited by 186
Suman, T. Y., Jia, P., Li, W., Junaid, M., Xin, G.-Y., Wang, Y., & Pei, D. (2020) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123220 · Cited by 190
Weathering and fragmentation of plastic debris in the ocean environment
Andrady, A. L. (2022) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113761 · Cited by 209
Liu, Z., Li, Y., Pérez, E., Jiang, Q., Chen, Q., Jiao, Y., Huang, Y., Yang, Y., & Zhao, Y. (2020) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123778 · Cited by 189
Microplastics and nanoplastics: Source, behavior, remediation, and multi-level environmental impact
Arif, Y., Mir, A. R., Zieliński, P., Hayat, S., & Bajguz, A. (2024) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120618 · Cited by 199
The eukaryotic life on microplastics in Brackish ecosystems
Kettner, M. T., Oberbeckmann, S., Labrenz, M., & Grossart, H.-P. (2019) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00538 · Cited by 185
Liu, Y., Zhang, J., Cai, C., He, Y., Chen, L., Xiong, X., Huang, H., Tao, S., & Liu, W. (2020) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114261 · Cited by 186
Impacts of microplastics on growth and health of hermatypic corals are species-specific
Reichert, J., Arnold, A. L., Hoogenboom, M. O., Schubert, P., & Wilke, T. (2019) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113074 · Cited by 183
Coronas of micro/nano plastics: a key determinant in their risk assessments
Cao, J., Yang, Q. K., Jiang, J., Dalu, T., Kadushkin, A. G., Singh, J., Fakhrullin, R. F., Wang, F., Cai, X., & Li, R. (2022) · Particle and Fibre Toxicology · doi:10.1186/s12989-022-00492-9 · Cited by 197
Wanner, P. (2020) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128453 · Cited by 192
Corporate venture capital and CSR performance: An extended resource based view’s perspective
Battisti, E., Nirino, N., Leonidou, E., & Thrassou, A. (2021) · Journal of Business Research · doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.10.054 · Cited by 183
Highest risk abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear
Gilman, E. L., Musyl, M. K., Suuronen, P., Chaloupka, M. Y., Gorgin, S., Wilson, J. R., & Kuczenski, B. (2021) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-021-86123-3 · Cited by 202
Microplastic pollution: Understanding microbial degradation and strategies for pollutant reduction
Jain, R., Gaur, A., Suravajhala, R., Chauhan, U., Pant, M., Tripathi, V., & Pant, G. (2023) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167098 · Cited by 195
Hu, L., Zhao, Y., & Xu, H. (2022) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129652 · Cited by 186
Raju, S., Carbery, M., Kuttykattil, A., Senathirajah, K., Subashchandrabose, S. R., Evans, G. M., & Thavamani, P. (2018) · Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology · doi:10.1007/s11157-018-9480-3 · Cited by 180
Yu, Y., Battu, A. K., Varga, T. R., Denny, A. C., Zahid, T. M., Chowdhury, I., & Markus Flury, A. (2023) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c09822 · Cited by 180
Su, L., Nan, B., Craig, N. J., & Pettigrove, V. J. (2020) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126567 · Cited by 182
Marine litter and climate change: Inextricably connected threats to the world's oceans
Lincoln, S., Andrews, B., Birchenough, S. N. R., Chowdhury, P., Engelhard, G. H., Harrod, O. L., Pinnegar, J. K., & Townhill, B. L. (2022) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155709 · Cited by 202
Behavior of Microplastics in Inland Waters: Aggregation, Settlement, and Transport
Yan, M., Wang, L., Dai, Y., Sun, H., & Liu, C. (2021) · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology · doi:10.1007/s00128-020-03087-2 · Cited by 181
Rapid Physicochemical Changes in Microplastic Induced by Biofilm Formation
McGivney, E., Cederholm, L., Barth, A., Hakkarainen, M., Hamacher-Barth, E., Ogonowski, M., & Gorokhova, E. (2020) · Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology · doi:10.3389/fbioe.2020.00205 · Cited by 133
Chen, H., Jia, Q., Zhao, X., Li, L., Nie, Y.-H., Liu, H., & Ye, J. (2020) · Water Research · doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.116073 · Cited by 176
A review of possible pathways of marine microplastics transport in the ocean
Li, Y., Zhang, H., & Tang, C. (2020) · Anthropocene Coasts · doi:10.1139/anc-2018-0030 · Cited by 191
Metadata
- Authors
- Galloway, T. S., Cole, M., & Lewis, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Galloway, Tamara S.
- Venue
- Nature Ecology & Evolution
- Published
- 2017-04-20
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 116-116
- ISSN
- 2397-334X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2605932959
- Cited by
- 1,955
- References
- 90
- Citations by year
- 2026: 185 · 2025: 269 · 2024: 261 · 2023: 300 · 2022: 302 · 2021: 227 · 2020: 200 · 2019: 123 · 2018: 70 · 2017: 18
- FWCI
- 5.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature Ecology & Evolution (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) (acceptedVersion)
- Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) (acceptedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Natural Environment Research Council (NE/L007010/1, NE/L007010, NE/N006178/1, NE/N006178, L007010, NE/L003988/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Keywords
- marine plastic pollution, polymer additives, bioavailability, microplastic toxicity, long-term exposure, behavioral effects, bioturbation, ecological risk, anthropogenic pollutants, plastic pollution mitigation
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
