Results 251 to 260 of about 737,401 (286)
Some of the next articles are maybe not open access.
Plastic debris in Mediterranean seabirds
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2013Plastic debris is often ingested by marine predators and can cause health disorders and even death. We present the first assessment of plastic ingestion in Mediterranean seabirds. We quantified and measured plastics accumulated in the stomach of 171 birds from 9 species accidentally caught by longliners in the western Mediterranean from 2003 to 2010 ...
Marina, Codina-García +3 more
openaire +2 more sources
Plastic debris in marine birds from an island located in the South China Sea
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019 Plastic debris has become one of the most serious issues in the marine environment, but little information is available on the occurrence of plastic debris in marine birds from China.
Bi-Xian Mai, Daning Li, Xianzhi Peng
exaly +2 more sources
New Directions in Plastic Debris
Science, 2005The largest ever meeting focusing on plastic debris in the environment was recently held in Redondo Beach, California ([1][1]). It is evident that plastic waste presents major concerns in aquatic habitats worldwide. However, this meeting differed from previous efforts/gatherings because representatives from industry, government, academia, and ...
Richard, Thompson +5 more
openaire +2 more sources
Management of Marine Plastic Debris and Microplastics
2022Marine plastic debris are becoming an emerging global environmental threat. This chapter emphasizes the status of marine plastic pollution and management approaches. Plastic pollutants are mainly classified based on the size as degrading large plastic items that form nanoplastics (1–100 nm: 0.001–0.1 μm) and microplastics (0.1–5,000 μm).
G. G. N. Thushari +3 more
openaire +3 more sources
Plastic debris ingestion by seabirds on the Korean Peninsula
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021Plastic ingestion studies in seabirds that analyse the frequency of occurrence and the characteristics of the plastics ingested by each species provide valuable information for marine environmental assessments by quantifying the impacts of marine debris on seabirds.
Ki-Baek, Nam +3 more
openaire +2 more sources
The pollution of the marine environment by plastic debris: a review
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2002The deleterious effects of plastic debris on the marine environment were reviewed by bringing together most of the literature published so far on the topic. A large number of marine species is known to be harmed and/or killed by plastic debris, which could jeopardize their survival, especially since many are already endangered by other forms of ...
José Derraik
exaly +3 more sources
Seabirds and floating plastic debris
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 200280% of floating plastic debris freshly washed ashore on a Dutch coast showed peckmarks made by birds at sea. They either mistake these debris for cuttlebones or simply test all floating objects. Ingestion of plastic is deleterious for marine organisms. It is urgent to set measures to plastic litter production.
openaire +2 more sources
2020
Marine pollution due to littering from anthropogenic activities is a serious global environmental problem—the main reason accumulation of debris in the environment, including in the ocean. There is a significant hazard coming from plastic debris. Besides entanglement and ingestion, marine plastics debris has more complex problems and can release ...
openaire +1 more source
Marine pollution due to littering from anthropogenic activities is a serious global environmental problem—the main reason accumulation of debris in the environment, including in the ocean. There is a significant hazard coming from plastic debris. Besides entanglement and ingestion, marine plastics debris has more complex problems and can release ...
openaire +1 more source
Weathering and fragmentation of plastic debris in the ocean environment
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022Fragmentation of plastic macro-debris into secondary microplastics [MPs] is primarily the result of their extensive oxidation under exposure to solar UV radiation. The heterogeneity in the marine zones with respect to their oxidative potential for plastics, introduces a marked zonal bias in their ability to carry out weathering and fragmentation ...
openaire +2 more sources
Factors influencing the detection of beach plastic debris
Marine Environmental Research, 2016Marine plastic pollution is a global problem with considerable ecological and economic consequences. Quantifying the amount of plastic in the ocean has been facilitated by surveys of accumulated plastic on beaches, but existing monitoring programmes assume the proportion of plastic detected during beach surveys is constant across time and space.
Jennifer L. Lavers +2 more
openaire +2 more sources