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Thomas Maes
46
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Papers (46)
Process without progress: the sixth session of negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution (INC-5.2)
2026
Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
0 citations
Operationalising accessibility in marine pollution science communication: the Zeropol Hub case study
2026
Frontiers in Communication
0 citations
Navigating knowledge gaps: An emissions inventory approach to understand plastic pollution from international shipping
2026
Marine Pollution Bulletin
0 citations
Seeing the forest for the plastic trees: a model-driven visualisation framework for material flow analysis
2026
Waste Management
0 citations
Setting the course: aligning European Union marine pollution policy ambitions with environmental realities
2025
Frontiers in Marine Science
4 citations
Catch me if you can: Microplastics hidden in plain sight
2025
Environmental Science & Policy
1 citations
Quantitative evaluation of global microbead policies: a PMC index approach towards microplastic pollution
2025
Policy Sciences
0 citations
1292.3 Plastic never dies: finding a governance solution to the ubiquitous nature of microplastic pollution
2025
0 citations
Lessons Learned from Developing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to Support Citizen Scientists in Africa
2025
Southern African journal of environmental education
0 citations
Clean, but not green: Emission assessment, forecast modelling and policy solutions for plastic microbeads from personal care products in India
2024
Emerging contaminants
21 citations
Troubled water: Tracing the plastic tide on Sierra Leone’s beaches
2024
Optical and Quantum Electronics
1 citations
Recommendation: Troubled water: Tracing the plastic tide on Sierra Leone’s beaches — R0/PR2
2024
0 citations
A marine plastic cloud - Global mass balance assessment of oceanic plastic pollution
2023
Continental Shelf Research
72 citations
Leaving a plastic legacy: Current and future scenarios for mismanaged plastic waste in rivers
2023
The Science of The Total Environment
56 citations
A recipe for plastic: Expert insights on plastic additives in the marine environment
2023
Colloid & Polymer Science
37 citations
A spatial and temporal assessment of microplastics in seafloor sediments: A case study for the UK
2023
Frontiers in Marine Science
31 citations
A little less conversation: How existing governance can strengthen the future global plastics treaty
2023
Optical and Quantum Electronics
29 citations
A systematic review of state-of-the-art technologies for monitoring plastic seafloor litter
2023
Journal of Educational Issues
25 citations
Author comment: A little less conversation: How existing governance can strengthen the future global plastics treaty — R1/PR6
2023
0 citations
Current State of Microplastic Pollution Research Data: Trends in Availability and Sources of Open Data
2022
Frontiers in Environmental Science
70 citations
A large-scale study of microplastic abundance in sediment cores from the UK continental shelf and slope
2022
Marine Pollution Bulletin
51 citations
Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of Vava'u, Tonga
2022
Marine Pollution Bulletin
27 citations
Microplastic pollution in the intertidal and subtidal sediments of Vava'u, Tonga
2022
Marine Pollution Bulletin
22 citations
A baseline study of macro, meso and micro litter in the Belize River basin, from catchment to coast
2022
ICES Journal of Marine Science
21 citations
Marine Litter, Plastic, and Microplastics on the Seafloor
2022
16 citations
The Way Forward, Building Up from On-The-Ground Innovation
2022
15 citations
A Blue Future: developing a national marine litter action plan in SIDS—lessons learnt in Belize
2022
ICES Journal of Marine Science
10 citations
Microplastics Pollution and Regulation
2022
10 citations
Introduction to Marine Litter in Africa
2022
0 citations
Meso- and microplastics monitoring in harbour environments: A case study for the Port of Durban, South Africa
2021
Marine Pollution Bulletin
90 citations
Microplastic pollution in Marine Protected Areas of Southern Sri Lanka
2021
Marine Pollution Bulletin
88 citations
Taking a mass-balance approach to assess marine plastics in the South China Sea
2021
Marine Pollution Bulletin
48 citations
LIFTING THE VEIL ON MARINE LITTER - Towards a better understanding of Marine Litter in the North Atlantic: Method Development, Occurrence and Impacts
2021
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)
0 citations
Occurrence and abundance of meso and microplastics in sediment, surface waters, and marine biota from the South Pacific region
2020
Marine Pollution Bulletin
128 citations
Microplastics in Commercially Important Small Pelagic Fish Species From South Africa
2020
Frontiers in Marine Science
66 citations
You Are What You Eat, Microplastics in Porbeagle Sharks From the North East Atlantic: Method Development and Analysis in Spiral Valve Content and Tissue
2020
Frontiers in Marine Science
52 citations
Microplastics Pollution and Regulation
2020
15 citations
The world is your oyster: low-dose, long-term microplastic exposure of juvenile oysters
2019
Heliyon
88 citations
Exploring public views on marine litter in Europe: Perceived causes, consequences and pathways to change
2018
Colloid & Polymer Science
222 citations
A rapid-screening approach to detect and quantify microplastics based on fluorescent tagging with Nile Red
2017
Scientific Reports
897 citations
Microplastics Baseline Surveys at the Water Surface and in Sediments of the North-East Atlantic
2017
Frontiers in Marine Science
308 citations
Microplastics in Seawater: Recommendations from the Marine Strategy Framework Directive Implementation Process
2016
Frontiers in Marine Science
173 citations
Microplastics in a UK Sewage Treatment Plant
2016
Elsevier eBooks
0 citations
Microplastic contamination in brown shrimp (Crangon crangon, Linnaeus 1758) from coastal waters of the Southern North Sea and Channel area
2015
Marine Pollution Bulletin
725 citations
Socio-economic impact of microplastics in the 2 Seas, Channel and France Manche Region: an initial risk assessment.: MICRO Interreg project IVa
2015
10 citations
Guidance on Monitoring of Marine Litter in European Seas
2013
Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases
547 citations