1. Lost at sea: where is all the plastic?;R.C. Thompson;Science,2004
2. Barboza et al., (2018) Microplastics Pollution in the Marine Environment. World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation, 2nd Edition, Volume III—Ecological Issues and Environmental Impacts. Chapter 18, ISBN 9780128052044
3. Environmental occurrences, fate, and impacts of microplastics;P. Wu;Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety,2019
4. Microplastics baseline surveys at the water surface and in sediments of the North-East Atlantic;T. Maes;Front. Mar. Sci,2017
5. Oceans Charter (2018). https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/managing-reducing-waste/international-commitments/ocean-plastics-charter.html accessed November 17th 2019