• Floating microplastics in Svalbard fjords: High spatial variability requires methodological consistency in estuarine systems 

      Pakhomova, Svetlana; Berezina, Anfisa; Zhdanov, Igor; Mekhova, Olga; Ilinskaya, Alisa; Golyakov, Alexey; Polivanova, Tatiana; Gebruk, Anna; Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Yakushev, Evgeniy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Microplastic pollution was studied in surface waters of Isfjorden, Svalbard in July 2021 as a part of an international regional harmonisation exercise. Surface microplastics (0.5–5 mm) were sampled with a neuston net in ...
    • Microplastics distribution in the Eurasian Arctic is affected by Atlantic waters and Siberian rivers 

      Yakushev, Evgeniy; Gebruk, Anna; Osadchiev, Alexander; Pakhomova, Svetlana; Lusher, Amy; Berezina, Anfisa; van Bavel, Bert; Vorozheikina, Elena; Chernykh, Denis; Kolbasova, Glafira; Razgon, Ilia; Semiletov, Igor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Plastic pollution is globally recognised as a threat to marine ecosystems, habitats, and wildlife, and it has now reached remote locations such as the Arctic Ocean. Nevertheless, the distribution of microplastics in the ...