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British Antarctic Survey

Microplastic research output and top contributors from British Antarctic Survey.

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62
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Tier 1 Papers
4,077
Citations
92% of papers are collaborative — co-authored with researchers from other institutions. Only 5 papers list British Antarctic Survey as the sole institution. How attribution works →

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Author Papers
Clara Manno 20
Emily Rowlands 14
Claire M. Waluda 11
David K. A. Barnes 8
Sally Thorpe 8
Simon A. Morley 6
Victoria L. Peck 6
Elisa Bergami 5
Kevin A. Hughes 5
Kirstie Jones-Williams 5
Nan Wu 4
Clara Manno 4
Erica Sparaventi 2
José C. Xavier 2
Chester J. Sands 2
Huw J. Griffiths 2
Alena Sakovich 2
Tamara S. Galloway 1
Theodore B. Henry 1
Peter Convey 1
Arun P. Jain 1
Aidan Hunter 1
Arlie McCarthy 1
Stephen Roberts 1
Richard A. Phillips 1
Aanchal Jain 1
Victoria A. Sleight 1
Iain J. Staniland 1
Lloyd S. Peck 1
Norman Ratcliffe 1
Nadescha Zwerschke 1
Gabriele Stowasser 1
Michael J. Dünn 1
Sarah E. Reed 1
William P. Goodall‐Copestake 1
Rebecca H. Peel 1
Laura Wilkie Johnston 1
Jessica Hurley 1
Emma F Young 1
David K. A. Barnes 1
Bjorg Apeland 1
Rad Sharma 1
Peter Enderlein 1
Mari Whitelaw 1
Phil Trathan 1
Marlon Clark 1
Philippa Birchenall 1
Clara Manno 1
Clara Manno 1
Clara Manno 1

Top Papers

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Microplastics in the Antarctic marine system: An emerging area of research
2017 Tier 2 777 citations
Millimeter-Sized Marine Plastics: A New Pelagic Habitat for Microorganisms and Invertebrates
2014 Tier 2 512 citations
Microplastics in marine sediments near Rothera Research Station, Antarctica
2018 Tier 2 274 citations
Macroplastics at sea around Antarctica
2010 Tier 2 265 citations
Microplastics in gentoo penguins from the Antarctic region
2019 Tier 2 262 citations
Microplastic pollution in a rapidly changing world: Implications for remote and vulnerable marine ecosystems
2020 Tier 2 220 citations
Assessment of microplastic-sorbed contaminant bioavailability through analysis of biomarker gene expression in larval zebrafish
2017 Tier 2 183 citations
High intake rates of microplastics in a Western Atlantic predatory fish, and insights of a direct fishery effect
2018 Tier 2 156 citations
Remote Islands Reveal Rapid Rise of Southern Hemisphere Sea Debris
2005 Tier 2 140 citations
Are litter, plastic and microplastic quantities increasing in the ocean?
2021 Tier 2 130 citations
Microplastics and other anthropogenic particles in Antarctica: Using penguins as biological samplers
2021 Tier 2 123 citations
Plastic occurrence, sources, and impacts in Antarctic environment and biota
2022 Tier 2 108 citations
Close Encounters - Microplastic availability to pelagic amphipods in sub-Antarctic and Antarctic surface waters
2020 Tier 2 108 citations
Marine plastics threaten giant Atlantic Marine Protected Areas
2018 Tier 2 94 citations
Nanoplastics affect moulting and faecal pellet sinking in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) juveniles
2020 Tier 2 85 citations
Thirty years of marine debris in the Southern Ocean: Annual surveys of two island shores in the Scotia Sea
2020 Tier 2 73 citations
Eco-Interactions of Engineered Nanomaterials in the Marine Environment: Towards an Eco-Design Framework
2021 Tier 2 67 citations
Ten Years On: A Review of the First Global Conservation Horizon Scan
2019 Tier 2 67 citations
The Effects of Combined Ocean Acidification and Nanoplastic Exposures on the Embryonic Development of Antarctic Krill
2021 Tier 2 51 citations
Organic or junk food? Microplastic contamination in Antarctic krill and salps
2023 Tier 2 46 citations
Dynamics of Marine Debris Ingestion by Profitable Fishes Along The Estuarine Ecocline
2019 Tier 2 40 citations
Microplastics in Antarctica - A plastic legacy in the Antarctic snow?
2025 Tier 2 35 citations
A record of microplastic in the marine nearshore waters of South Georgia
2022 Tier 2 35 citations
Aerial detection of beached marine plastic using a novel, hyperspectral short-wave infrared (SWIR) camera
2022 Tier 2 29 citations
Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses
2021 Tier 2 28 citations
Vertical flux of microplastic, a case study in the Southern Ocean, South Georgia
2023 Tier 2 26 citations
Under pressure: Nanoplastics as a further stressor for sub-Antarctic pteropods already tackling ocean acidification
2021 Tier 2 22 citations
Monitoring plastic pollution using bioindicators: a global review and recommendations for marine environments
2024 Tier 20 citations
Detection of plastic, cellulosic micro-fragments and microfibers in Laternula elliptica from King George Island (Maritime Antarctica)
2024 Tier 2 14 citations
Quantifying microplastics in fjords along the Western Antarctic Peninsula
2023 Tier 2 14 citations
Remote, but Not Isolated—Microplastics in the Sub-surface Waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
2021 Tier 2 12 citations
Marine snow as vectors for microplastic transport: Multiple aggregation cycles account for the settling of buoyant microplastics to deep‐sea sediments
2025 Tier 2 9 citations
Microplastic hotspots mapped across the Southern Ocean reveal areas of potential ecological impact
2024 Tier 2 9 citations
Scoping intergenerational effects of nanoplastic on the lipid reserves of Antarctic krill embryos
2023 Tier 2 9 citations
Top predator feeding ecology and microplastic (MP) contamination on the far eastern South American coast: Evidence of MP trophic biotransfer
2024 Tier 2 8 citations
Quantification of microplastic targets in environmental matrices using pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
2024 Tier 2 5 citations
Assessment of plastic debris and biofouling in a specially protected area of the Antarctic Peninsula region
2024 Tier 2 5 citations
Microplastics in Antarctica - a Plastic Legacy in the Antarctic Snow?
2023 Tier 2 4 citations
The Ocean Plastic Incubator Chamber (OPIC) system to monitor in situ plastic degradation at sea
2022 Tier 2 4 citations
Quantifying microplastics concentration of invertebrates from three Antarctic fjords
2025 Tier 2 2 citations
Modelling the transport of microplastic pollution across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
2023 Tier 2 2 citations
In situ microplastics ingestion by Antarctic marine benthic invertebrates
2021 Tier 2 2 citations
Coupling fragmentation to a size-selective sedimentation model can quantify the long-term fate of buoyant plastics in the ocean
2025 Tier 2 1 citations
Plastics counteract the ability of Antarctic krill to promote the blue carbon pathway in the deep ocean
2024 Tier 2 1 citations
Microplastics disrupt Antarctic krill faecal carbon export_updated
2026 Tier 2
Microplastics disrupt Antarctic krill faecal carbon export_updated
2026 Tier 2
Lipid mass and free fatty-acid composition of Calanus hyperboreus (CV) exposed to pristine and biofouled microplastics during shipboard incubation experiments (southeastern Greenland, summer 2024)
2026 Tier 2
Microplastic characteristics within the Scotia Sea water column across differing environmental regimes, austral summer 2022-2023
2026 Tier
From Carbon to Plastics: Partitioning of Biogeochemical and Anthropogenic Particles in Penguin Guano
2026 Tier 2
Biofouled microplastics exposure is associated with shifts in late-summer lipid dynamics of juvenile copepod Calanus hyperboreus
2026 Tier 2