ReviewNature ecology & evolution2025
Plastic pollution has the potential to alter ecological and evolutionary processes in aquatic ecosystems.
Review in Nature ecology & evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Microbial synthesis and degradation of bio-based biodegradable plastics.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- Tackling the global plastic pollution crisis.National science review · 2026Review
- Recent advances in designing high-performance and enzymatically degradable plastics.Chemical science · 2026Review
- Unraveling the coastal marine plastisphere archaeome.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Potential plastic biodegradation in lakes worldwide.Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)) · 2026Article
- Plastic Pollution and Child Health: A Narrative Review of Micro- and Nanoplastics, Additives, and Developmental Risks.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Characterising the Multiple-Plastic Degrading Strain of Bacillus subtilis GM_03 From the Galleria mellonella Microbiome.Environmental microbiology reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
We are beginning to understand the ecotoxicological effects of plastic pollution at the suborganismal, individual, population and community levels, but research has only just begun to explore the ecological and evolutionary impacts of plastic as a new habitat. The global introduction of plastic waste into aquatic environments introduces diverse and variable habitat modifications, altering ecosystems and potentially forming new ecological niches. This widespread habitat modification spans several aquatic ecosystems, including the pelagic ocean, deep-sea benthos, lakes and rivers. Recent studies suggest that habitat modification may interact with and alter ecological and evolutionary processes, affecting populations, communities and species, for example, through feeding ecology, mating behaviour and dispersal. However, further research is necessary to understand the potential long-term effects of plastic pollution on ecological and evolutionary processes across global aquatic ecosystems. Here, we review this emerging field of research and its trajectory.
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