Scientific research over the past decade has demonstrated that plastic in our oceans has
detrimental consequences for marine life at all trophic levels. As countries negotiate an …

This review article provides an account of coastal and marine bird species contaminated
with plastics in light of ingestion, taxonomy, feeding clusters, types, shapes, colours and …

Accurate assessments of human-wildlife risk associated with industrial fishing are critical for
the conservation of marine top predators. Automatic Identification System (AIS) data provide …

Using seabirds as bioindicators of marine plastic pollution requires an understanding of how
the plastic retained in each species compares with that found in their environment. We show …

Marine plastic pollution is an emerging global threat for biodiversity. Plastic ingestion is one
of the most typical and studied consequences with petrels being a particularly vulnerable …

Rapid growth in bio-logging—the use of animal-borne electronic tags to document the
movements, behaviour, physiology and environments of wildlife—offers opportunities to …

Plastic pollution is overflowing in rivers. A limited understanding of the physics of plastic
transport in rivers hinders monitoring, the prediction of plastic fate and restricts the …

Despite growing concern about the large amounts of waste plastic in marine ecosystems,
evidence of an increase in the amount of floating plastic at sea has been mixed. Both at-sea …

The Mediterranean region is both a hotspot for biodiversity and for the accumulation of
plastic pollution. Many species are exposed to this pollution while feeding, including a wide …

Background Plastic pollution is a severe threat to marine ecosystems. While some microbial
enzymes can degrade certain plastics, the ability of the global ocean microbiome to break …