Recommended Reading
Below we provide a list of publications by consortium partners on the fate and impacts of microplastics
Organic additive release from plastic to seawater is lower under deep-sea conditions.
Fauvelle, V., Garel, M., Tabburini, C., Nerini, D., Castro-Jiménez, J., Schmidt, N., Paluselli, A., Fahs, A., Papillon, L., Booth, A. M. and Sempéré, R., 2021. Organic Additive Release From Plastic To Seawater Is Lower Under Deep-Sea Conditions. Nature Communications 12 (4426).
Beleidsinformerende Nota: Overzicht van het onderzoekslandschap en de wetenschappelijke informatie inzake (marien) zwerfvuil en microplastics in België.
Devriese, L.I.; Janssen, C.R. (2022). Beleidsinformerende Nota: Overzicht van het onderzoekslandschap en de wetenschappelijke informatie inzake (marien) zwerfvuil en microplastics in België. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, 2022_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 57 pp.
Phthalates and organophosphate esters in surface water, sediments and zooplankton of the NW Mediterranean Sea: Exploring links with microplastic abundance and accumulation in the marine food web.
Schmidt, N., Castro-Jimenez, J., Oursel, B. and Sempéré, R., 2020. Phthalates and organophosphate esters in surface water, sediments and zooplankton of the NW Mediterranean Sea: Exploring links with microplastic abundance and accumulation in the marine food web. Environmental Pollution.
Micro and Nano-Plastics in the Environment: Research Priorities for the Near Future.
Vighi M. et al. (2021) Micro and Nano-Plastics in the Environment: Research Priorities for the Near Future. In: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Continuation of Residue Reviews). Springer, New York, NY.
Environmental occurrence of phthalate and organophosphate esters in sediments across the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean Sea). Science of the Total Environment.
Alkan, N., alkan, A., Castro-Jimenez, J., Royer, F., Papillon, L., Ourgaud, M. and Sempéré, R., 2020. Environmental occurrence of phthalate and organophosphate esters in sediments across the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean Sea). Science of the Total Environment.
Microplastics in Asian Freshwater Ecosystems: Current knowledge and Perspectives.
Phuong N.N., Duong, T.T., Quynh Le, T.P., Hoang, T.K., Ngo, H.M., Phuong, N.A., Pham, Q.T., Doan, T.O., Ho, T.C., Da Le, N., Nguyen, T.A.H., Strady, E., Fauvelle, V., Ourgaud, M., Schmidt, N. and Sempéré, R., 2022. Microplastics in Asian Freshwater Ecosystems: Current Knowledge and Perspectives. Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 808.