• Future monitoring of litter and microplastics in the Arctic – challenges, opportunities and strategies 

      Provencher, Jennifer F.; Aliani, Stefano; Bergmann, Melanie; Bourdages, Madelaine; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Galgani, Francois; Gomiero, Alessio; Granberg, Maria; Grøsvik, Bjørn Einar; Hamilton, Bonnie M.; Kögel, Tanja; Larsen, Jan René; Lusher, Amy; Mallory, Mark L; Murphy, Peter; Peeken, Ilka; Primpke, Sebastian; Strand, Jakob; Vorkamp, Katrin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) has published a plan and guidelines for the monitoring of litter and microplastics (MP) in the Arctic. Here we look beyond suggestions for immediate monitoring and ...
    • The quest for seafloor macrolitter: A critical review of background knowledge, current methods and future prospects 

      Canals, Miquel; Pham, Christopher K.; Bergmann, Melanie; Gutow, Lars; Hanke, Georg; Van Sebille, Erik; Angiolillo, Michela; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Cau, Alessando; Ioakeimidis, Christos; Kammann, Ulrike; Lundsten, Lonny; Papatheodorou, George; Purser, Autun; Sanchez-Vidal, Anna; Schulz, Marcus; Vinci, Matteo; Chiba, Sanae; Galgani, François; Langenkämper, Daniel; Möller, Tiia; Nattkemper, Tim W.; Ruiz, Marta; Suikkanen, Sanna; Woodall, Lucy C.; Fakiris, Elias; Molina Jack, Maria Eugenia; Giorgetti, Alessandra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The seafloor covers some 70% of the Earth's surface and has been recognised as a major sink for marine litter. Still, litter on the seafloor is the least investigated fraction of marine litter, which is not surprising as ...
    • Status and future recommendations for recording and monitoring litter on the Arctic seafloor 

      Grøsvik, Bjørn Einar; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Bergmann, Melanie; Booth, Andy; Gomiero, Alessio; Galgani, Francois (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Marine litter in the Arctic Basin is influenced by transport from Atlantic and Pacific waters. This highlights the need for harmonization of guidelines across regions. Monitoring can be used to assess temporal and spatial ...
    • The power of multi-matrix monitoring in the Pan-Arctic region: plastics in water and sediment 

      Martin, Jake; Granberg, Maria; Provencher, Jennifer F.; Liborion, Max; Pijogge, Liz; Magnusson, Kerstin; Hallanger, Ingeborg G.; Bergmann, Melanie; Aliani, Stefano; Gomiero, Alessio; Grøsvik, Bjørn Einar; Vermaire, Jesse; Primpke, Sebastian; Lusher, Amy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Litter and microplastic assessments are being carried out worldwide. Arctic ecosystems are no exception and plastic pollution is high on the Arctic Council's agenda. Water and sediment have been identified as two of the ...