Frontiers in Marine Science | Marine Pollution

Original Research

Published on 07 Nov 2025

Assessment of marine litter interaction in cetaceans stranded along the Italian coastline and the Adriatic Sea

in Marine Pollution

Guido Pietroluongo
Cinzia Centelleghe
Matteo Baini
Cristiano Cocumelli
Cristina Casalone
Giorgia Corazzola
Gabriella Di Francesco
Fabio Di Nocera
Ludovica Di Renzo
Martina Đuras

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1713820

546 views

Review

Accepted on 31 Oct 2025

Interpretation and Application of General International Law in the Protection and Preservation of Marine Environment

in Marine Pollution

Jiangtao Qian

Frontiers in Marine Science

119 views

Original Research

Accepted on 31 Oct 2025

Bio-monitoring heavy metal pollution: Insights from benthic foraminiferal assemblages and shell morphology

in Marine Pollution

Zishang Liu
Minghang He
Peilin Han
Shuaishuai Dong
Xiutao Chen

Frontiers in Marine Science

101 views

Review

Published on 31 Oct 2025

Microplastic surface biofilms: a review of structural assembly, influencing factors, and ecotoxicity

in Marine Pollution

Hao Chen
Xuewei Wang
Haiyang Yin
Le Sun
Xinyan Yang
Wenyue Zhong
Lin Kong
Ling Liu

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1701766

894 views

Policy and Practice Reviews

Published on 31 Oct 2025

Regulatory overload or incentive deficit? Forty years of structural imbalances in China’s marine environmental policy instruments

in Marine Pollution

Meng Ye
Rui Guo

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1674863

460 views

Policy and Practice Reviews

Published on 31 Oct 2025

From marine pollutant characterization to regional practice: implications of ITLOS Advisory Opinion No. 31 for the maritime sectors and Hainan FTP’s governance adaptation

in Marine Pollution

Tingting Wang
Yue Sun

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1683617

489 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Oct 2025

Government coordination mechanism in marine governance: a study on China’s 2023 marine environmental protection law

in Marine Pollution

Xiaoping Li
Yu Ning

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1699439

581 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Oct 2025

Chronological evidence of microplastic accumulation and contamination onset in Central Baltic Sea sediments

in Marine Pollution

Cheng Chang
Anna Augustsson
Sina Shahabi-Ghahfarokhi
Mahboubeh Rahmati-Abkenar
Sarah Josefsson
Lihui An
Marcelo Ketzer

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1630780

475 views

Policy and Practice Reviews

Accepted on 28 Oct 2025

Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment through Human Rights-Based Approach: Potentials, Limitations and Recommendations

in Marine Pollution

Lei DI
Bowen Yin

Frontiers in Marine Science

243 views

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Oct 2025

Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Xiaohai Lagoon, Hainan Island, China

in Marine Pollution

Eunice Mutethya
Qi Liu
Edwine Yongo
Zhiqiang GUO
Hui Yu
Yunyu Zhang
Changqing Ye
Zhi-Yuan Lu

Frontiers in Marine Science

221 views

Editorial

Published on 27 Oct 2025

Editorial: Environmental behavior processes and mechanisms of organic pollutants in global coastal waters

in Marine Pollution

Kai Zhang
Omowunmi H. Fred-Ahmadu
Yuxin Sun
Hong-Hai Zhang
Zeming Zhang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1713696

756 views

Policy and Practice Reviews

Published on 23 Oct 2025

Multi-level governance of Arctic marine plastic pollution: effectiveness and enhancement approaches

in Marine Pollution

Jiajia Zhang
Xinqi Yan

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1665873

866 views

Policy and Practice Reviews

Published on 22 Oct 2025

The “blue community” of the Indian Ocean: cooperation, challenges and prospects for marine environmental protection among South Asian countries

in Marine Pollution

Hanrui Zhang
Jia Wan

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1683236

886 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Oct 2025

China’s accession to the port state measures agreement: contributions to conservation of marine biological resources, potential challenges and practical solutions

in Marine Pollution

Zhang Qiyue

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1683612

844 views

Original Research

Published on 21 Oct 2025

Advancing mussel-based monitoring: integrating litter and harmful algal bloom data into a multi-stressor assessment of England and Wales

in Marine Pollution

Alexandra R. McGoran
Shamina Page
Adam Lewis
Adil Bakir
Jon Barry
Karl Dean
Josie Russell

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1673482

1,042 views

Original Research

Published on 21 Oct 2025

Entangled ecosystems: the impact of macroplastic litter on Mytilus galloprovincialis communities in northwestern Spain

in Marine Pollution

Jacob Houvener
Ignacio Moreu
Eva Cacabelos
Ignacio Gestoso
Jose M. F. Babarro
Mark Lenz

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1677044

863 views