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Marine & Wildlife
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Marine microplastics
Current Biology
2017
38 citations
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Tamara S. Galloway,
Ceri Lewis
Summary
This review discusses the devastating effects of marine microplastics on ocean ecosystems, covering physical harm to organisms, chemical contamination, and ecological disruption across trophic levels. It serves as an accessible summary for communicating the scale and severity of the marine microplastic pollution problem.
Study Type
Environmental
Galloway and Lewis discuss marine microplastics and their devastating effects on ocean ecosystems.