Title	Publication Date	Language	Citations
Association of metals with plastic production pellets in the marine environment	2010/11/01	English	532
A comparison of microscopic and spectroscopic identification methods for analysis of microplastics in environmental samples	2015/04/01	English	513
The Gulf: A young sea in decline	2010/01/01	English	513
Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world’s oceans	2012/03/01	English	513
A critical assessment of visual identification of marine microplastic using Raman spectroscopy for analysis improvement	2015/11/01	English	498
Using historical data, expert judgement and multivariate analysis in assessing reference conditions and benthic ecological status, according to the European Water Framework Directive	2007/01/01	English	495
Quality assessment of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis): Comparison between commercial and wild types	2014/08/01	English	490
Abundance, size and polymer composition of marine microplastics ≥ 10 μm in the Atlantic Ocean and their modelled vertical distribution	2015/11/01	English	490
Environmental impacts of dredging and other sediment disturbances on corals: A review	2012/09/01	English	484
Microplastics in Singapore’s coastal mangrove ecosystems	2014/02/01	English	480
A global survey of perfluorinated acids in oceans	2005/01/01	English	471
The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the western North Atlantic Ocean	2010/10/01	English	470
Environmental effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: A review	2016/09/01	English	456
Microplastic contamination in brown shrimp (Crangon crangon, Linnaeus 1758) from coastal waters of the Southern North Sea and Channel area	2015/09/01	English	456
Microplastic pollution in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: Validated and opportunistic sampling	2014/11/01	English	453
Global ecological, social and economic impacts of marine plastic	2019/05/01	English	446
Surgical face masks as a potential source for microplastic pollution in the COVID-19 scenario	2020/10/01	English	441
International Pellet Watch: Global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs	2009/10/01	English	441
Accumulation of plastic-derived chemicals in tissues of seabirds ingesting marine plastics	2013/04/01	English	437
Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments	2016/09/01	English	425
On the quantity and composition of floating plastic debris entering and leaving the Tamar Estuary, Southwest England	2014/04/01	English	423
Organic pollutants in microplastics from two beaches of the Portuguese coast	2010/11/01	English	416
Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre	2013/03/01	English	406
Neustonic microplastic and zooplankton in the North Western Mediterranean Sea	2012/04/01	English	405
Pathways of marine debris derived from trajectories of Lagrangian drifters	2012/01/01	English	405
Plastic ingestion by pelagic and demersal fish from the North Sea and Baltic Sea	2016/01/01	English	404
Effects of micro- and nanoplastics on aquatic ecosystems: Current research trends and perspectives	2017/11/01	English	403
World’s largest macroalgal bloom caused by expansion of seaweed aquaculture in China	2009/06/01	English	395
Antifouling strategies: History and regulation, ecological impacts and mitigation	2011/03/01	English	391
Microplastics pollution in different aquatic environments and biota: A review of recent studies	2018/08/01	English	388