Α systematic meta-review analysis of review papers in the marine plastic pollution literature

• Published in: Marine pollution bulletin Vol. 161; no. Pt A; p. 111690
• Main Authors: Aretoulaki, Eleni, Ponis, Stavros, Plakas, George, Agalianos, Konstantinos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2020; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: descriptive statistics; Ecosystem; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Pollution; International organizations; issues and policy; Marine ecosystems; Marine litter; Marine pollution; Meta-review; Plastic debris; Plastic pollution; Plastics; Statistical analysis; Statistical methods; Waste Products - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Plastic debris; Marine pollution; Marine litter; Meta-review

The omnipresence of plastic particles in marine ecosystems, a.k.a. Marine Plastic Pollution (MPP) constitutes a major environmental and socioeconomic threat. In the last decade, the realization of the severity of the MPP problem by international organizations, governments and policy makers worldwide...