| The present and future of microplastic pollution in the marine environment JAI do Sul, MF Costa Environmental pollution 185, 352-364, 2014 | 1838 | 2014 |
| The EMOTE model for effort and shape D Chi, M Costa, L Zhao, N Badler Proceedings of the 27th annual conference on Computer graphics and …, 2000 | 614 | 2000 |
| Fish and aquatic habitat conservation in South America: a continental overview with emphasis on neotropical systems M Barletta, AJ Jaureguizar, C Baigun, NF Fontoura, AA Agostinho, ... Journal of fish biology 76 (9), 2118-2176, 2010 | 540 | 2010 |
| Plastic debris ingestion by marine catfish: an unexpected fisheries impact FE Possatto, M Barletta, MF Costa, JAI do Sul, DV Dantas Marine pollution bulletin 62 (5), 1098-1102, 2011 | 533 | 2011 |
| Distribution patterns of microplastics within the plankton of a tropical estuary ARA Lima, MF Costa, M Barletta Environmental research 132, 146-155, 2014 | 511 | 2014 |
| On the importance of size of plastic fragments and pellets on the strandline: a snapshot of a Brazilian beach MF Costa, JA Ivar do Sul, JS Silva-Cavalcanti, MCB Araújo, Â Spengler, ... Environmental monitoring and assessment 168, 299-304, 2010 | 446 | 2010 |
| Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife AC Vegter, M Barletta, C Beck, J Borrero, H Burton, ML Campbell, ... Endangered Species Research 25 (3), 225-247, 2014 | 414 | 2014 |
| Distribution, sources and consequences of nutrients, persistent organic pollutants, metals and microplastics in South American estuaries M Barletta, ARA Lima, MF Costa Science of the Total environment 651, 1199-1218, 2019 | 409 | 2019 |
| Marine debris review for Latin America and the wider Caribbean region: from the 1970s until now, and where do we go from here? JAI do Sul, MF Costa Marine Pollution Bulletin 54 (8), 1087-1104, 2007 | 368 | 2007 |
| Here, there and everywhere. Small plastic fragments and pellets on beaches of Fernando de Noronha (Equatorial Western Atlantic) JAI do Sul, Â Spengler, MF Costa Marine pollution bulletin 58 (8), 1236-1238, 2009 | 315 | 2009 |
| A critical review of the issue of cigarette butt pollution in coastal environments MCB Araújo, MF Costa Environmental research 172, 137-149, 2019 | 297 | 2019 |
| Plastic pollution in islands of the Atlantic Ocean RCP Monteiro, JAI do Sul, MF Costa Environmental Pollution 238, 103-110, 2018 | 278 | 2018 |
| Plastic debris retention and exportation by a mangrove forest patch JAI do Sul, MF Costa, JS Silva-Cavalcanti, MCB Araújo Marine pollution bulletin 78 (1-2), 252-257, 2014 | 246 | 2014 |
| Seasonal distribution and interactions between plankton and microplastics in a tropical estuary ARA Lima, M Barletta, MF Costa Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 165, 213-225, 2015 | 231 | 2015 |
| Ingestion of nylon threads by Gerreidae while using a tropical estuary as foraging grounds JAA Ramos, M Barletta, MF Costa Aquatic Biology 17 (1), 29-34, 2012 | 230 | 2012 |
| Pelagic microplastics around an archipelago of the Equatorial Atlantic JAI do Sul, MF Costa, M Barletta, FJA Cysneiros Marine pollution bulletin 75 (1-2), 305-309, 2013 | 216 | 2013 |
| Microplastics in the pelagic environment around oceanic islands of the Western Tropical Atlantic Ocean JA Ivar do Sul, MF Costa, G Fillmann Water, air, & soil pollution 225, 1-13, 2014 | 202 | 2014 |
| High intake rates of microplastics in a Western Atlantic predatory fish, and insights of a direct fishery effect GVB Ferreira, M Barletta, ARA Lima, SA Morley, AKS Justino, MF Costa Environmental Pollution 236, 706-717, 2018 | 171 | 2018 |
| The role of legislation, regulatory initiatives and guidelines on the control of plastic pollution JP Da Costa, C Mouneyrac, M Costa, AC Duarte, T Rocha-Santos Frontiers in Environmental Science 8, 104, 2020 | 159 | 2020 |
| Photoreduction and evolution of mercury from seawater M Costa, P Liss Science of the Total Environment 261 (1-3), 125-135, 2000 | 151 | 2000 |