Smith, Caitlin E., Skehel, Alice, Acampora, Heidi, Alarcón Ruales, Daniela E., Milburn, Jackson, Muñoz-Pérez, Juan, Roman, Lauren, Schuyler, Qamar, and Townsend, Kathy A. (2025) Impacts of macroplastic and microplastic on the biology and ecology of marine megafauna. In: Shumway, Nicole, and Evan Ward, J., (eds.) Plastics in the Sea: Occurrence and Impacts. Academic Press, pp. 331-351.

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Global plastic production has surged to over 460 million metric tonnes annually, with approximately 20 million metric tonnes ending up as envi-ronmental waste (United Nations Environment Programme, 2021). This plastic pollution crisis has prompted the United Nations General Assembly to pass a landmark resolution, supported by 175 nations, aiming to combat and ultimately end plastic pollution (Bundela and Pandey, 2022). The res-olution highlights the severe impacts of widespread plastic use, including habitat disruption, prey reduction, and interference with migratory path-ways (United Nations Environment Programme, 2021). Impacts from marine litter, mostly large items of plastic debris have been described and well-documented around the world to have negative impacts on marine wildlife (Katsanevakis, 2008; Baulch and Perry, 2014; Kuhn and Van Franeker, 2020), including studies corroborating this information on more than half of all marine mammal species (61% of all pinniped, 68% of all ceta-cean species) (Butterworth, 2016; Eisfeld-Pierantonio et al., 2022).

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Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
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Date Deposited:	13 Oct 2025 22:08
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