Jan Mees

TL;DR: It is shown for the first time ever, that microplastics have indeed reached the most remote of marine environments: the deep sea, and microplastic pollution has spread throughout the world's seas and oceans.

TL;DR: The first register of the marine species of the world is compiled and it is estimated that between one-third and two-thirds of marine species may be undescribed, and previous estimates of there being well over one million marine species appear highly unlikely.

TL;DR: The risk assessment suggests that on average, no direct effects of free-floating microplastics in the marine environment are to be expected up to the year 2100, but from a meta-analysis with effect data available in literature, the safe concentration of 6650 buoyant particles m-3 is derived, below which adverse effects are not likely to occur.

TL;DR: In terms of weight, macrodebris still dominates the pollution of beaches, but in the water column and in the seafloor microplastics appear to be of higher importance: here, microplastic weight is approximately 100 times and 400 times higher, respectively, than macro debris weight.

TL;DR: An opportunistic utilization by flatfish of the available food resources in surf zone ecosystems is suggested, and two strategically different feeding habits could be distinguished between the five flatfish species.