Microplastic as an invisible threat to the coral reefs: sources, toxicity mechanisms, policy intervention, and the way forward

MN Rahman, SH Shozib, MY Akter, ARMT Islam… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution waste is a global macro problem, and research on MP
contamination has been done in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. Preventing …

Microplastics in the coral reefs and their potential impacts on corals: a mini-review

W Huang, M Chen, B Song, J Deng, M Shen… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plastic debris exists worldwide and research on microplastic pollution has gradually spread
from the oceans to freshwater and terrestrial systems. Coral reefs not only serve as one of …

Airborne microplastic concentrations and deposition across the Weser River catchment

S Kernchen, MGJ Löder, F Fischer, D Fischer… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) appears to be omnipresent in the atmosphere, raising concerns about
dispersion across environmental compartments, ecological consequences and human …

Assessment of microplastic bioconcentration, bioaccumulation and biomagnification in a simple coral reef food web

ME Miller, CA Motti, M Hamann, FJ Kroon - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastics, and more specifically, microplastics (MPs,< 5 mm) are considered a marine
contaminant of emerging concern. To accurately assess the ecological risk of MPs, it is …

A global snapshot of microplastic contamination in sediments and biota of marine protected areas

BZ Nunes, LB Moreira, EG Xu, ÍB Castro - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) become ubiquitous contaminants in Marine Protected Areas (MPA) that
have been planned as a conservation strategy. The present study provides a …

Occurrence, spatial distribution, and risk assessment of microplastics in surface water and sediments of Saint Martin Island in the Bay of Bengal

S Al Nahian, MRJ Rakib, SMB Haider, R Kumar… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are emerging contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and
have caused substantial concern worldwide. This study surveyed the presence of MPs in …

Current status of microplastics pollution in the aquatic environment, interaction with other pollutants, and effects on aquatic organisms

T Zhang, B Jiang, Y ** and analysis
FDB de Sousa - Waste Management & Research, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This work aims to provide the first holistic and deep bibliometric map** and analysis of the
management of plastic waste. Data from the last five years were obtained from a Scopus …