A systematic review and scientometrics analysis on microplastic pollution on coastal beaches around the globe

IF 2.1 3区地球科学 Q2 OCEANOGRAPHY

Continental Shelf Research Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI:10.1016/j.csr.2025.105424

Nikolaos Simantiris , Martha Z. Vardaki

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Abstract

The coastlines constitute one of the most important marine environments, acting as the interface between land and sea, and a habitat for a great number of marine and terrestrial species. Coastal beaches are valuable to the coastal population, as they are of economic, ecological, cultural, and recreational importance. However, these transitional environments are subjected to several threats, with macro- and microplastic pollution directly affecting the biodiversity and coastal population. This work reviews and discusses the current state of microplastic pollution in coastal beaches around the globe in terms of occurrence, polymer types, and distribution, and describes the sources, mechanisms, and processes that control the distribution of MPs in beaches, as well as the environmental implications of microplastic pollution in these vulnerable environments.

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Continental Shelf Research 地学-海洋学

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

4.30%

发文量

136

审稿时长

6.1 months

期刊介绍： Continental Shelf Research publishes articles dealing with the biological, chemical, geological and physical oceanography of the shallow marine environment, from coastal and estuarine waters out to the shelf break. The continental shelf is a critical environment within the land-ocean continuum, and many processes, functions and problems in the continental shelf are driven by terrestrial inputs transported through the rivers and estuaries to the coastal and continental shelf areas. Manuscripts that deal with these topics must make a clear link to the continental shelf. Examples of research areas include: Physical sedimentology and geomorphology Geochemistry of the coastal ocean (inorganic and organic) Marine environment and anthropogenic effects Interaction of physical dynamics with natural and manmade shoreline features Benthic, phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology Coastal water and sediment quality, and ecosystem health Benthic-pelagic coupling (physical and biogeochemical) Interactions between physical dynamics (waves, currents, mixing, etc.) and biogeochemical cycles Estuarine, coastal and shelf sea modelling and process studies.