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Marine Polymers

Marine Polymers is a class of naturally occurring or synthetically derived polymeric materials characterized by their formation, stability, or functional adaptation in marine environments, distinguished from terrestrial polymers by their interaction with seawater, salt tolerance, and often biodegradability under marine conditions.

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2017–2026

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Lost at Sea: Where Is All the Plastic?

Richard C. Thompson, Ylva S. Olsen, Richard P. Mitchell et al. · Science · 2004 · 7.5K citations

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Synthetic polymers in the marine environment: A rapidly increasing, long-term threat

Charles J. Moore · Environmental Research · 2008 · 2.1K citations

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Plastics on the Sargasso Sea Surface

Edward J. Carpenter, K.L. Smith · Science · 1972 · 1.6K citations

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Validation of ATR FT-IR to identify polymers of plastic marine debris, including those ingested by marine organisms

Melissa R. Jung, F. David Horgen, Sara V. Orski et al. · Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2018 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

Kara Lavender Law, Skye Morét-Ferguson, Nikolai Maximenko et al. · Science · 2010 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Authors

5.2K

  1. CM
    Chunfeng Ma

    South China University of Technology, China

    16 publications · 993 citations

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  2. AS
    Anthony S. Clare

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 638 citations

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  3. GZ
    Guangzhao Zhang

    South China University of Technology, China

    15 publications · 928 citations

    14

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  4. KS
    Kristina Sepčić

    University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    14 publications · 508 citations

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  5. TT
    Tom Turk

    University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    13 publications · 497 citations

    12

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Institutions

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    34 h-index

    239 publications

    15.6K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    29 h-index

    178 publications

    23.2K citations

  3. Ifremer

    Brest, France

    25 h-index

    85 publications

    11K citations

  4. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    20 h-index

    79 publications

    6.6K citations

  5. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    20 h-index

    54 publications

    2.7K citations

  6. South China University of Technology

    Guangzhou, China

    17 h-index

    71 publications

    4.4K citations

  7. Newcastle University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    48 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. University of Ljubljana

    Ljubljana, Slovenia

    14 h-index

    56 publications

    2.1K citations

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  1. Marine Pollution Bulletin

    82 publications · 9.5K citations

    46

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  2. The Science of The Total Environment

    48 publications · 2.8K citations

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  3. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

    33 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. Environmental Pollution

    25 publications · 3K citations

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  5. Environmental Science & Technology

    22 publications · 5K citations

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