Microplastic publications

2025

Direct evidence that microplastics are transported to the deep sea by turbidity currents

2024

Discrimination of microplastics and phytoplankton using impedance cytometry

Factors influencing microplastic abundances in the sediments of a seagrass-dominated tropical atoll

Microplastics in commercial marine fish species in the UK – A case study in the River Thames and the River Stour (East Anglia) estuaries

Spatio-temporal trends in microplastic presence in the sediments of the River Thames catchment (UK)

2023

Insights into technical challenges in the field of microplastic pollution through the lens of early career researchers (ECRs) and a proposed pathway forward

Low microplastic loads in riverine European eel (Anguilla anguilla) from southwest England during their marine–freshwater transition

2022

Accumulation of nylon microplastics and polybrominated diphenyl ethers and effects on gut microbial community of Chironomus sancticaroli

Distinct microplastic patterns in the sediment and biota of an urban stream

Earthworms ingest microplastic fibres and nanoplastics with effects on egestion rate and long-term retention

Ecotoxicity of microplastics to freshwater biota: Considering exposure and hazard across trophic levels

Microplastic loads within riverine fishes and macroinvertebrates are not predictable from ecological or morphological characteristics

Modelling submerged biofouled microplastics and their vertical trajectories

2021

Developing a systematic method for extraction of microplastics in soils

Modelling microplastics in the River Thames: sources, sinks and policy implications

Semi-automated analysis of microplastics in complex wastewater samples

2020

Accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and microbiome response in the great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis with exposure to nylon (polyamide) microplastics

High concentrations of plastic hidden beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean

Identification and quantification of microplastics in potable water and their sources within water treatment works in England and Wales

Identification of tidal trapping of microplastics in a temperate salt marsh system using sea surface microlayer sampling

Microplastic pollution in a rapidly changing world: Implications for remote and vulnerable marine ecosystems

Microplastics and their effects on soil function as a life-supporting System

Seafloor microplastic hotspots controlled by deep-sea circulation

Transport and burial of microplastics in deep-marine sediments by turbidity currents

2019

A temporal sediment record of microplastics in an urban lake, London, UK

Dispersion, accumulation, and the ultimate fate of microplastics in deep-marine environments: a review and future directions

Toward the integrated marine debris observing system

Towards an enhanced understanding of the fate of microplastics in aquatic systems through improvement of analysis and reporting standards

2018

Acute toxicity of organic pesticides to Daphnia magna is unchanged by co-exposure to polystyrene microplastics

Microplastics: an introduction to environmental transport processes

The influence of exposure and physiology on microplastic ingestion by the freshwater fish Rutilus rutilus (roach) in the River Thames, UK

2017

A large-scale investigation of microplastic contamination: abundance and characteristics of microplastics in European beach sediment

Large microplastic particles in sediments of tributaries of the River Thames, UK – abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification

Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities

2016

Ingestion of microplastics by the chironomid Chironomus sancticaroli and effects on the microbiome in the presence of PBDEs

2015

Presence and abundance of microplastics in the Thames River Basin, UK