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ClearRehashing Our Insight of Seaweeds as a Potential Source of Foods, Nutraceuticals, and Pharmaceuticals
This review summarizes research on seaweed as a source of beneficial compounds including antioxidants, anti-inflammatory agents, and other health-promoting substances. While not directly about microplastics, the research is relevant because seaweeds grow in marine environments increasingly contaminated with microplastics. Understanding the health benefits of seaweed also requires considering the potential risks of microplastic contamination in these marine food sources.
Exploring Seaweed Cultivation in the Marine Environment and Its Interaction with Microplastic
This review examines interactions between seaweed cultivation in marine environments and microplastic pollution, exploring how seaweed can both accumulate microplastics and potentially be used in bioremediation strategies to reduce plastic contamination in coastal waters.
Impact of Microplastic (MP) Pollution in Seagrass Ecosystem
This review examines the growing threat of microplastic pollution to seagrass ecosystems, which provide critical ecological, economic, and social services in coastal areas. Researchers found that microplastics accumulate in seagrass beds and can affect the health of these habitats and associated marine life. The study suggests that more research and targeted mitigation strategies are needed to protect these vital underwater ecosystems from plastic contamination.
Seaweed as a sink for microplastic contamination: Uptake, identifications and food safety implications
This review examines how seaweed, a widely consumed food, absorbs and accumulates microplastics from ocean water. Research shows seaweed can account for up to 45.5% of total dietary microplastic intake in some regions, with particularly high levels in South Asia. The findings are concerning for human health because seaweed is eaten directly and is also increasingly used in health supplements and food additives.
Contribution of seaweed farming to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and microplastics pollution
Researchers reviewed how seaweed farming can help fight two major environmental problems: seaweed absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere without competing for agricultural land, and seaweed-derived polymers can be used to make biodegradable plastics that break down without generating persistent microplastics. Scaling up seaweed-based bioplastics remains limited by production costs, but the potential environmental benefits make further research worthwhile.
Microplastics contamination in seaweed: impacts on human health and mitigation approaches
This review found that microplastics contaminate many types of edible seaweed, with fibers and fragments being the most common forms. Since seaweed is consumed worldwide, these microplastics can enter the human body and potentially cause oxidative damage, cell toxicity, and neurotoxicity. More research is needed to fully understand the health risks of eating microplastic-contaminated seaweed.
The role of microphytobenthos in soft‐sediment ecological networks and their contribution to the delivery of multiple ecosystem services
This review examines the ecological role of microphytobenthos - microscopic algae living in soft sediments - in marine food webs and ecosystem services, highlighting their importance for carbon cycling, sediment stabilization, and supporting invertebrate communities. The study provides context for understanding how microplastic pollution of seafloor sediments could disrupt these foundational organisms.
Seagrass under siege: Investigating microplastic effects on seagrass ecosystems
Researchers reviewed the current evidence for microplastic effects on seagrass meadows, covering physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms of harm. The review found that microplastics impair seagrass photosynthesis, root function, and associated fauna, threatening these ecologically critical coastal habitats.
Victim of changes? Marine macroalgae in a changing world
Researchers reviewed the threats facing marine macroalgae (seaweeds) from anthropogenic stressors including climate change, ocean warming, and pollution. The study suggests that while habitat loss is less severe in oceans compared to land, climate change represents the most significant long-term threat to seaweed species, communities, and the ecosystem services they provide.
A review of microplastic impacts on seagrasses, epiphytes, and associated sediment communities
This review synthesizes research on microplastic accumulation in seagrass ecosystems, examining effects on seagrass plants, epiphytic communities, and associated sediment biota. The authors identify seagrass meadows as both sinks for microplastics and potentially sensitive ecosystems where plastic contamination may disrupt complex ecological relationships.
Mangrove Ecosystem, Seagrass, Coral Reef: its Role in Self-Purification and Carrying Capacity in Coastal Areas
This review examined how mangrove ecosystems, seagrass beds, and coral reefs provide natural purification services and support coastal biodiversity. These ecosystems are also highly vulnerable to microplastic pollution, which can smother corals, be ingested by seagrass fauna, and accumulate in mangrove sediments.
Microplastics in seagrass ecosystems: A review of fate and impacts
This review summarizes research on microplastic contamination in seagrass ecosystems, which are important coastal habitats that support biodiversity and capture carbon. Microplastics can accumulate in seagrass sediments and be ingested by the fish and invertebrates living there, entering coastal food webs. Since seagrass meadows also support commercial fisheries, microplastic contamination in these ecosystems could affect the safety of seafood that reaches human plates.
Microplastics Content of Seaweeds in the Mariculture Potential Zone at The Southwest of Coastal Bawean Island
Researchers investigated microplastic contamination in seaweeds from Bawean Island, Indonesia, finding that even sheltered coastal waters contained microplastics in red, green, and brown seaweed species collected from mariculture potential zones.
Seagrass under siege: Investigating microplastic effects on seagrass ecosystems
Researchers reviewed the effects of microplastics on seagrass meadows, which are ecologically critical habitats that also trap and accumulate particulate matter. Evidence suggests microplastics can impair seagrass growth, root function, and associated fauna in these vulnerable ecosystems.
The detrimental impact of microplastics on the Marine Environment and potential remediation strategies.
This review analyzes the detrimental impacts of microplastics on marine environments, summarizing documented hazards to marine life and ecosystems from historical and recent research, and evaluates several representative remediation strategies for addressing microplastic contamination. The authors found that microplastics interfere broadly with marine organism physiology and food web dynamics, and that current treatment approaches — including filtration, photocatalysis, and biological degradation — each carry limitations requiring further development for large-scale application.
Mangrove Health: A Review of Functions, Threats, and Challenges Associated with Mangrove Management Practices
This review describes how mangrove forests protect coastlines, store carbon, and support marine life, but are under increasing threat from development, pollution, and climate change. Mangrove loss matters for microplastic pollution because these ecosystems act as natural filters that can trap plastic particles before they spread further into the ocean and food chain.
Food safety in the seaweed food supply chain : Inventory of production, consumption and chemical and physical hazards
This Dutch food safety report inventories the chemical and physical hazards — including microplastics — present in seaweed cultivated for human consumption. As the seaweed food market grows, understanding contamination risks including plastic particles is important for protecting consumer health.
Food packaging based on biodegradable polymers from seaweeds: a systematic review
This systematic review examines the use of seaweed-based biodegradable polymers as alternatives to conventional plastic food packaging. The research explores how seaweed materials can provide effective food packaging while breaking down naturally in the environment. Replacing petroleum-based plastics with biodegradable alternatives is one strategy for reducing the microplastic pollution that enters our food and water.
Plastic Pollution as a Driver of Seagrass Ecosystem Degradation: a Systematic Review of Impacts and Mitigation Approaches
This systematic review examines how plastic pollution threatens seagrass ecosystems, which are vital for carbon storage, coastal protection, and marine biodiversity. Microplastics and larger debris smother seagrass beds, block light, and introduce harmful chemicals into sediments. Losing these habitats has cascading effects on fish populations and the communities that depend on healthy coastal waters.
From Ocean to Medicine: Harnessing Seaweed’s Potential for Drug Development
This review explores how compounds derived from seaweed show promise for drug development, with properties including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer activity. While not directly about microplastics, marine-derived bioactive compounds could be relevant to addressing the inflammation and oxidative stress that microplastic exposure is known to cause in the body.
Trends and Evolution in the Concept of Marine Ecosystem Services: An Overview
This overview reviews the evolution of the marine ecosystem services concept, examining how human activities increasingly pressure ocean environments. Researchers found that pollution, including plastic and microplastic contamination, is among the growing threats to the marine ecosystem services that support food production, climate regulation, and coastal protection. The study emphasizes the need for effective management strategies to balance human use with ocean health.
Microplastics and Their Impact on Moss Ecosystem Functions: A Comprehensive Review
This review examines the comprehensive impacts of microplastic pollution on moss ecosystem functions, synthesising evidence on how pervasive plastic particles affect terrestrial and aquatic moss communities and the ecological services they provide.
Developing the Use of Wool Rope within Aquaculture—A Systematic Review
This systematic review explores whether wool rope could replace plastic rope in seaweed aquaculture, reducing plastic pollution in marine environments. The research is directly relevant to microplastic concerns because conventional plastic ropes used in ocean farming gradually break down into microplastic particles that contaminate marine ecosystems and the seafood we eat.
A Review of Seagrass Bed Pollution
This review summarizes the major threats facing seagrass ecosystems worldwide, including pollution from microplastics, heavy metals, and nutrient runoff from human activities. Researchers highlight how seagrass beds, which are critical habitats for marine biodiversity, are declining at an accelerating rate due to these combined stressors. The study identifies key research gaps and proposes future directions for understanding and protecting these vulnerable coastal ecosystems.