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ClearPlastics and microplastics, effects on marine coastal areas: a review
This review examines how plastics and microplastics impact coastal marine ecosystems, covering their entry pathways, degradation under environmental conditions, and ecological effects on marine organisms.
Micro Plastics in The Marine Environment: A Review of Their Effects on Marine Organisms and Ecosystems
This review examines the effects of microplastics on marine organisms and ecosystems, summarizing evidence for MP ingestion across trophic levels, physical and chemical harm to marine life, and the pathways through which marine MP pollution threatens biodiversity and fisheries.
Impacts of marine debris on coral reef ecosystem: A review for conservation and ecological monitoring of the coral reef ecosystem
This review examines how marine debris, especially microplastics, threatens coral reef ecosystems by causing physical damage, spreading disease, and disrupting coral biology. Microplastics can stick to coral polyps and block their feeding, while also carrying harmful bacteria that cause coral diseases. Healthy coral reefs are vital for fisheries and coastal protection, so their decline from plastic pollution indirectly affects the millions of people who depend on reef ecosystems for food and livelihoods.
Plastic pollution in the marine environment
This review provides a comprehensive overview of plastic pollution in coastal and marine environments, covering everything from how plastics enter the ocean to their effects on marine life. Researchers compiled global data showing microplastic concentrations ranging widely across different water bodies and sediments, with marine organisms accumulating significant amounts. The study underscores that plastic pollution causes ecological damage through entanglement, ingestion toxicity, and the transport of invasive species.
Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review
This review synthesized the state of knowledge on microplastics as marine contaminants, covering their sources, pathways, distribution, biological uptake, and potential ecological and toxicological effects.
Marine Microplastic Pollution
This review examines microplastic pollution in marine ecosystems, summarizing the sources, distribution, and ecological effects of plastic particles in ocean environments and reviewing evidence for harm to marine organisms from physical ingestion and chemical exposure.
A review on microplastics pollution in coastal wetlands
Researchers reviewed existing studies on microplastic pollution in coastal wetlands — ecosystems like mangroves, salt marshes, and tidal flats — summarizing where microplastics accumulate, how they get there, and how they affect wildlife and ecosystem function. These habitats are especially vulnerable because they sit at the boundary between land and sea, trapping plastics carried by both rivers and ocean tides.
The impact of microplastics on marine life and ecosystems
This paper reviewed the sources, distribution, and ecological impacts of microplastics in marine ecosystems, where particles originating from both fragmented debris and consumer products like personal care products are now found throughout the worlds oceans. The review examined effects on marine organisms across multiple levels of the food chain.
Occurrence, effects and risks of marine microplastics
This review summarizes the state of knowledge on the occurrence, biological effects, and ecological risks of microplastics in the marine environment. It covers plastic sources, distribution patterns, ingestion by marine organisms, and the transfer of chemical pollutants through marine food webs, concluding that microplastic pollution poses serious and growing risks to ocean ecosystems.
Ecological impact of microplastic pollution on marine food webs
This review examines how microplastic pollution disrupts marine food webs, tracing the transfer of plastic particles and associated chemicals from plankton through fish to top predators and analyzing the ecological consequences for marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
Assessment of Microplastic Impacts in the Marine Environment: A Review
This review summarizes the sources, environmental fate, and ecological impacts of microplastics in marine environments, covering impacts across food webs from phytoplankton to marine mammals. The authors identify key knowledge gaps and emphasize that biodiversity loss and food chain contamination are the most well-documented marine impacts. The review calls for integrated monitoring programs and international policy action to reduce plastic inputs to the ocean.
Microplastics in mangroves and coral reef ecosystems: a review
This review examines microplastic pollution in mangrove and coral reef ecosystems, two of the most ecologically sensitive and economically valuable marine habitats. Researchers found that these ecosystems are increasingly contaminated by microplastics from urban runoff, tourism, and fishing activities. The study calls for more targeted research and conservation measures to protect these vulnerable environments from the growing threat of plastic pollution.
Research progress on occurrence characteristic and toxicity of microplastics in marine organisms
This review summarizes how microplastics are ingested, distributed, and cause harm in a wide range of marine organisms, including fish, invertebrates, and seabirds. The accumulation of microplastics in marine food webs is directly relevant to human health, as these particles can reach humans through seafood consumption.
Toxicity of microplastics in the marine environment.
This review chapter provides a broad and updated overview of microplastic ecotoxicology in marine environments, covering effects from the biochemical level through population and ecosystem scales. Evidence reviewed demonstrates that microplastics can act as physical hazards and chemical vectors affecting marine biodiversity across multiple trophic levels.
Microplastics and biodiversity: A comprehensive analysis of their ecological impact
This comprehensive analysis examined the ecological impacts of microplastics on biodiversity, reviewing evidence of harm to species across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. The review found widespread negative effects on reproduction, behavior, and survival that threaten biodiversity at multiple levels.
Assessing the Impact of Microplastic Pollution on Coastal Ecosystems: a Multidimensional Environmental Approach
This review presents a comprehensive multidimensional analysis of microplastic pollution in coastal ecosystems, covering sources, distribution pathways, ecological effects on marine organisms, and implications for environmental management. The authors draw on recent interdisciplinary research to assess how microplastics infiltrate nearly every ecological compartment from coastal waters to ocean sediments and interact with biological and chemical systems.
Microplastics in ecological system: Their prevalence, health effects, and remediation
This review provides an overview of microplastic prevalence across different ecosystems and their potential effects on environmental and human health. The researchers discuss how microplastics enter water, soil, and food chains, and examine the various biological effects documented in organisms. They also review current remediation strategies being developed to address microplastic contamination.
Microplastics in Marine and Coastal Ecosystems: Sources, Distribution, Ecological Impact, and Mitigation Prospects
This review chapter summarizes how microplastics enter marine and coastal environments—through runoff, maritime activity, and wastewater discharge—and documents their toxic effects on seabirds, marine mammals, turtles, and other wildlife. With annual global plastic production at 280 million tonnes and a substantial fraction reaching the ocean, the authors assess current mitigation strategies and their limitations.
A comprehensive review of the impact of microplastics on aquatic organisms: From ingestion to ecological consequences
This comprehensive review assessed the impacts of microplastics on diverse aquatic organisms—including fish, marine mammals, mollusks, crustaceans, and microorganisms—from ingestion through ecological-level consequences. The authors found that microplastics cause physical injury, oxidative stress, endocrine disruption, and behavioral changes across taxa, with downstream effects on food web structure and ecosystem function.
Micro Plastics in Marine Ecosystem
This review summarizes the sources, distribution, fate, and biological impacts of microplastics in marine ecosystems, covering ingestion by fish and invertebrates, trophic transfer, chemical toxicity from adsorbed pollutants, and current monitoring approaches.
The effect of plastic pollution on coastal marine organisms – A systematic review
This systematic review of 936 articles found that microplastics, primarily polyethylene and polypropylene from fishing gear and plastic bags, are the most commonly reported size fraction in coastal marine ecosystems. Molluscs, fish, and crustaceans are the most affected groups, with ingestion and metabolic disruption as the key observed effects.
A critical review on various trophic transfer routes of microplastics in the context of the Indian coastal ecosystem
This review examines how microplastics accumulate along the Indian coastline through ingestion and bioaccumulation across species including plankton, fish, turtles, and seabirds. The findings highlight India's coastal biodiversity as being at significant risk, with implications for the millions of people who rely on marine fisheries for food.
Microplastics in Marine Environment: Occurrence, Distribution, and Extraction Methods in Marine Organisms
This review summarized the occurrence, distribution, and extraction methods of microplastics in marine organisms, highlighting how these particles enter marine food webs through runoff and atmospheric deposition and pose risks to ecosystems and human health.
Ingestion of Microplastics by Marine Animals
This review examines microplastic ingestion by marine animals, assessing how the small size and ubiquity of microplastics in oceans leads to widespread consumption across species, with effects ranging from physical gut blockage to chemical toxicity at organism and ecosystem levels.