Title	Publication Date	Language	Citations
Plastics and beaches: A degrading relationship	2009/01/01	English	387
Effects of mechanical and chemical processes on the degradation of plastic beach debris on the island of Kauai, Hawaii	2010/05/01	English	386
First evidence of presence of plastic debris in stomach of large pelagic fish in the Mediterranean Sea	2015/06/01	English	383
Ingestion of microplastics by demersal fish from the Spanish Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts	2016/08/01	English	383
Are baleen whales exposed to the threat of microplastics? A case study of the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)	2012/11/01	English	382
Prevalence of microplastics in Singapore’s coastal marine environment	2006/07/01	English	379
Concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in beached resin pellets: Variability among individual particles and regional differences	2005/10/01	English	376
Long-term aging and degradation of microplastic particles: Comparing in situ oceanic and experimental weathering patterns	2016/09/01	English	375
Heavy metal contamination in western Xiamen Bay sediments and its vicinity, China	2007/07/01	English	371
On some physical and dynamical properties of microplastic particles in marine environment	2016/07/01	English	367
Sinking rates of microplastics and potential implications of their alteration by physical, biological, and chemical factors	2016/08/01	English	366
Retention of microplastics in a major secondary wastewater treatment plant in Vancouver, Canada	2018/08/01	English	366
Ecosystem response to antibiotics entering the aquatic environment	2005/01/01	English	365
Growth kinetics and biodeterioration of polypropylene microplastics by Bacillus sp. and Rhodococcus sp. isolated from mangrove sediment	2018/02/01	English	361
Environmental impacts of dredging on seagrasses: A review	2006/12/01	English	357
Competitive sorption of persistent organic pollutants onto microplastics in the marine environment	2012/12/01	English	357
The chemical behaviors of microplastics in marine environment: A review	2019/05/01	English	356
Experimental investigation of various vegetable fibers as sorbent materials for oil spills	2005/11/01	English	355
Identification and quantification of microplastics using Nile Red staining	2016/12/01	English	354
Heavy metal pollution in coastal areas of South China: A review	2013/11/01	English	352
Overview of integrative tools and methods in assessing ecological integrity in estuarine and coastal systems worldwide	2008/09/01	English	351
Marine management – Towards an integrated implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework and the Water Framework Directives	2010/12/01	English	345
Eutrophication, harmful algae and biodiversity — Challenging paradigms in a world of complex nutrient changes	2017/11/01	English	342
Occurrence of microplastics in commercial fish from a natural estuarine environment	2018/03/01	English	337
Marine pollution from antifouling paint particles	2010/02/01	English	335
Acclimation and toxicity of high ammonium concentrations to unicellular algae	2014/03/01	English	334
Sources, transport, and accumulation of different types of plastic litter in aquatic environments: A review study	2019/06/01	English	330
Screening for microplastics in sediment, water, marine invertebrates and fish: Method development and microplastic accumulation	2017/09/01	English	327
Microplastic concentrations in beach sediments along the German Baltic coast	2015/10/01	English	324
Rivers as a source of marine litter – A study from the SE Pacific	2014/05/01	English	323