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ClearCurrent Progress on Marine Microplastics Pollution Research: A Review on Pollution Occurrence, Detection, and Environmental Effects
This review summarized current knowledge on marine microplastic pollution, covering detection methods, occurrence across ocean zones and organism types, and environmental effects, while identifying key research gaps around long-term ecological impacts and standardized monitoring protocols.
Methods for sampling, processing, identification,and quantification of microplastics in the marine environment
This paper reviews and compares the various methods used to collect, process, identify, and quantify microplastics across different environmental samples. It highlights the lack of standardized protocols as a major obstacle to comparing results across studies and calls for methodological harmonization.
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.
Critical reassessment of microplastic detection methodologies and abundances in the marine environment
This review critically reassesses methodological limitations in marine microplastic detection, arguing that inconsistent size fractionation, incomplete polymer identification, and lack of standardized protocols across studies prevent reliable estimation of global MP abundance in the marine environment.
The Current and Prospective State of Microplastic Contamination in the Marine Ecosystem
This review assesses the current state of microplastic contamination research in marine ecosystems, identifying strengths and gaps in published literature and recommending new focus areas including marine polymer degradation, advanced sampling methods, and the consequences of research-generated microplastic pollution.
Nano-plastics and their analytical characterisation and fate in the marine environment: From source to sea
Researchers reviewed the sources, environmental fate, organism interactions, and analytical detection methods for nano-sized plastic polymers in the marine environment, concluding that nanoplastics pose the greatest ecological risk among plastic size fractions and that standardized analytical protocols for nanoplastic characterization are urgently needed.
Microplastic pollution - what have we learned from the last 20 years of research and what are the priorities ahead?
This paper reviewed two decades of microplastic research progress, from the 2004 discovery paper through current knowledge on sources, environmental distribution, and effects. Key findings are that the field has matured substantially, though standardized methodologies and long-term health impact data are still needed.
Recent Trends on Microplastics Pollution and Its Remediation:A Review
This review summarized current knowledge on the ubiquitous presence of microplastics in ecosystems, examining their toxic effects on marine organisms, limitations of existing detection methods, and available remediation strategies, while identifying key research gaps that must be addressed to manage this global pollution challenge.
Primary Microplastics in the Ecosystem: Ecological Effects, Risks, and Comprehensive Perspectives on Toxicology and Detection Methods
This review examines the ecological effects, toxicology, and detection methods related to primary microplastics, highlighting critical gaps in sampling consistency and physical analysis. The authors emphasize the need for standardized methods and more research into the ecological risks of long-distance microplastic transmission.
Monitoring and Assessment of Microplastic Pollution in Coastal Zones: Sampling Methods and Spatial Distribution Characteristics
This review examines sampling methods and spatial distribution characteristics of microplastic pollution in coastal zones, synthesizing approaches for monitoring these key environmental interfaces. Researchers found that coastal zones serve as major sinks and dispersal areas for microplastics, with sampling methodology significantly influencing reported concentrations and distribution patterns.
Microplastics Monitoring in Marine Environment
This review summarises the need for standardised methods for microplastic sampling and analysis across seawater, beach sediment, seabed sediment, and marine organisms to enable consistent spatiotemporal comparisons of microplastic abundance in marine environments.
Distribution and importance of microplastics in the marine environment: A review of the sources, fate, effects, and potential solutions
This review synthesized research on the distribution and significance of microplastics across the marine environment, covering sources, transport pathways, ecological interactions, and the state of knowledge on biological and chemical effects.
Microplastics in a Marine Environment: Review of Methods for Sampling, Processing, and Analyzing Microplastics in Water, Bottom Sediments, and Coastal Deposits
This review briefly describes the principal approaches, methods, and procedures for sampling and analysing microplastics in marine environments including water columns, bottom sediments, and coastal deposits. Researchers outline key considerations for each environmental matrix to support consistent and comparable microplastic monitoring.
A field and laboratory manual for sampling, processing and reporting microplastics in coastal and marine environments
This paper presents a comprehensive, standardized field and laboratory guideline for sampling, processing, and reporting microplastics in coastal and marine environments, developed through international collaboration. The harmonized protocols aim to improve comparability of data across global monitoring programmes.
Research progress in sources, analytical methods, eco-environmental effects, and control measures of microplastics
This review synthesizes global research on microplastic sources, analytical methods, ecological effects, and governance, calling for unified quantitative analysis methods and clearer traceability tools. The authors emphasize that controlling microplastics requires integrated management combining organizational cooperation, technological development, and regulatory frameworks.
Microplastic pollution - what have we learned from the last 20 years of research and what are the priorities ahead?
This paper reviewed 20 years of microplastic research since the foundational 2004 study, summarizing what has been learned about sources, distribution, ecological impacts, and remaining knowledge gaps. The review emphasizes that while understanding has grown dramatically, key questions about dose-response relationships and long-term ecological effects remain unresolved.
Microplastics and its Impacts on Marine Environment and Biotic Communities – A Global Perspective
This review synthesizes global microplastic research conducted across seven continents, documenting the physical and chemical characteristics of microplastics, their bioaccumulation in sediments and marine organisms, and comparing detection technologies used across different regions.
Pollutions du milieu littoral par les microplastiques : Méthodes d’évaluation
This French review evaluated analytical methods for assessing microplastic pollution in coastal and marine environments, comparing different sampling, extraction, and characterization techniques. The review serves as a technical guide for researchers and monitoring programs seeking to measure microplastic contamination consistently and accurately.
Research progresses and prospects of microplasticsin the environment
This review summarised research progress on microplastic detection, sources, distribution, and transport across marine, freshwater, soil, atmospheric, and biological environments, as well as microplastics' role as vectors for co-contaminants. The authors discussed prospects for future research including standardised monitoring methods, ecological risk assessment, and policy implications for microplastic pollution management.
A review on the occurrence, distribution, characteristics, and analysis methods of microplastic pollution in ecosystem s
This review covers the occurrence, distribution, characteristics, and analytical methods for microplastics across environmental matrices, emphasizing their small size and resistance to degradation as key factors driving persistence and risk. It identifies gaps in standardized monitoring methods needed for global comparisons.