Assessing and mitigating the harmful effects of plastic pollution: the collective multi-stakeholder driven Euro-Mediterranean response

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

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Natural Sciences, Marine Sciences, Oceanography +15

The Mediterranean Plastic Soup: synthetic polymers in Mediterranean surface waters

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Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Marine Environmental Science +16

First evidence of presence of plastic debris in stomach of large pelagic fish in the Mediterranean Sea

Teresa Romeo, Pietro Battaglia, Cristina Pedà et al. · Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2015 · 593 citations

Life Sciences, Marine Sciences, Zoology +10

Are baleen whales exposed to the threat of microplastics? A case study of the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

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Natural Sciences, Marine Sciences, Zoology +17

Large filter feeding marine organisms as indicators of microplastic in the pelagic environment: The case studies of the Mediterranean basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

María Cristina Fossi, Daniele Coppola, Matteo Baini et al. · Marine Environmental Research · 2014 · 438 citations

Natural Sciences, Marine Biology, Marine Sciences +12