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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
47
Citations
24110
World Ranking
5654
National Ranking
437

Best Publications

  • Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: a review.

    Matthew Cole;Pennie Lindeque;Claudia Halsband;Tamara S. Galloway

  • Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton

    Matthew Cole;Pennie K. Lindeque;Elaine S. Fileman;Claudia Halsband

  • The Impact of Polystyrene Microplastics on Feeding, Function and Fecundity in the Marine Copepod Calanus helgolandicus

    Matthew Cole;Matthew Cole;Pennie Lindeque;Elaine Fileman;Claudia Halsband

  • Isolation of microplastics in biota-rich seawater samples and marine organisms

    Matthew Cole;Hannah Webb;Pennie K. Lindeque;Elaine S. Fileman

  • Investigating microplastic trophic transfer in marine top predators.

    Sarah E. Nelms;Tamara S. Galloway;Brendan J. Godley;Dan S. Jarvis

  • Global ecological, social and economic impacts of marine plastic.

    Nicola J. Beaumont;Margrethe Aanesen;Melanie C. Austen;Tobias Börger

  • Bioavailability and effects of microplastics on marine zooplankton: A review.

    Zara L.R. Botterell;Nicola Beaumont;Tarquin Dorrington;Michael Steinke

  • Microplastics Alter the Properties and Sinking Rates of Zooplankton Faecal Pellets

    Matthew Cole;Penelope K. Lindeque;Elaine Fileman;James Clark;James Clark

  • A small-scale, portable method for extracting microplastics from marine sediments.

    Rachel L. Coppock;Matthew Cole;Penelope K. Lindeque;Ana M. Queirós

  • Microplastics and seafood: lower trophic organisms at highest risk of contamination.

    Chris Walkinshaw;Penelope K. Lindeque;Richard Thompson;Trevor Tolhurst

  • Microplastic ingestion in fish larvae in the western English Channel

    Madeleine Steer;Matthew Cole;Richard C. Thompson;Penelope K. Lindeque

  • Are we underestimating microplastic abundance in the marine environment? A comparison of microplastic capture with nets of different mesh-size

    Penelope K. Lindeque;Matthew Cole;Rachel L. Coppock;Ceri N. Lewis

  • Plastic and marine turtles: a review and call for research

    Sarah E. Nelms;Emily M. Duncan;Annette C. Broderick;Tamara S. Galloway

  • Microplastics in marine mammals stranded around the British coast: ubiquitous but transitory?

    Sarah E. Nelms;James Barnett;Andrew Brownlow;Nicholas J. Davison

  • Microplastic ingestion ubiquitous in marine turtles

    Emily M. Duncan;Emily M. Duncan;Annette C. Broderick;Wayne J. Fuller;Wayne J. Fuller;Tamara S. Galloway

  • Marine anthropogenic litter on British beaches: A 10-year nationwide assessment using citizen science data.

    SE Nelms;SE Nelms;C Coombes;LC Foster;TS Galloway

  • Next generation sequencing reveals the hidden diversity of zooplankton assemblages.

    Penelope K. Lindeque;Helen E. Parry;Rachel A. Harmer;Paul J. Somerfield

  • Marine microplastic debris: a targeted plan for understanding and quantifying interactions with marine life

    James R Clark;James R Clark;Matthew Cole;Matthew Cole;Penelope K Lindeque;Elaine Fileman

  • Metabarcoding of marine zooplankton: prospects, progress and pitfalls

    Ann Bucklin;Penelope K. Lindeque;Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta;Aitor Albaina

  • Effects of Nylon Microplastic on Feeding, Lipid Accumulation, and Moulting in a Coldwater Copepod

    Matthew Cole;Rachel Coppock;Rachel Coppock;Penelope K Lindeque;Dag Altin

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamara S. Galloway
Tamara S. Galloway University of Exeter
Brendan J. Godley
Brendan J. Godley University of Exeter
Richard C. Thompson
Richard C. Thompson Plymouth University
Angus Atkinson
Angus Atkinson Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Ana M. Queirós
Ana M. Queirós Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Annette C. Broderick
Annette C. Broderick University of Exeter
Roger P. Harris
Roger P. Harris Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Andrew G. Hirst
Andrew G. Hirst University of Liverpool
Paul J. Somerfield
Paul J. Somerfield Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Nicola Beaumont
Nicola Beaumont Plymouth Marine Laboratory

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