Frontiers in Marine Science | Marine Pollution

Original Research

Accepted on 28 Apr 2025

Developing an Ocean Governance Regime for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: A Comparison of the Marine Environmental Legislation and Policy Framework by Utilising CRILL Methodology

in Marine Pollution

Shijun Zhang
Qian Wu
M Jahanzeb Butt
Minerva Batool
Muhammad Murad Zaib Butt

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1577975

Original Research

Published on 28 Apr 2025

Spatial distribution and risk assessment of heavy metal(loid)s in sediments and marine organisms in the Yellow River estuary and its adjacent areas, China

in Marine Pollution

Enkang Wang
Jing Wang
Yonggen Sun
Jinxia Zhao
Zhiwei Zhang
Guoqiang Xu
Yongqiang Zhang
Daolai Zhang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1560640

Original Research

Published on 25 Apr 2025

Temperature affects the sorption of trace metals by macro- and microplastics within marine intertidal sediments: insights from a long-term laboratory-based study

in Marine Pollution

Tamara N. Kazmiruk
Juan José Alava
Eirikur Palsson
Leah I. Bendell

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1570114

388 views

Original Research

Accepted on 24 Apr 2025

Characterization of Microbial Biofilms on Marine Plastics: Community Development and Density Implications for Vertical Transport Dynamics

in Marine Pollution

Gregory Michael Joern
Rut Pedrosa Pàmies
Xiangtao Jiang
Zhanfei Liu
Alexander B Bochdansky

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1581727

173 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 24 Apr 2025

Optimizing the STB/BBNJ arrangements: based on comparing three STB operational modalities

in Marine Pollution

You Li
Xiaoyi Jiang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1573396

439 views

Editorial

Published on 24 Apr 2025

Editorial: Baselines, impacts and mitigation strategies for plastic debris and microplastic pollution in South East Asia

in Marine Pollution

Sabiqah Tuan Anuar
Ahmad Ammarluddin Mohd Ali
Muhammad Reza Cordova
Chawalit Charoenpong

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1586080

559 views

Review

Accepted on 22 Apr 2025

Hydrogen-Powered Vessels in Green Maritime Decarbonization: Policy Drivers, Technological Frontiers and Challenges

in Marine Pollution

Zhibing Zhou
Jin Tao

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1601617

257 views

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Apr 2025

Seasonal Variations in Microplastic Distribution on Macau's Windward and Leeward Beaches: Weak Spatial Autocorrelation

in Marine Pollution

Changxing Zong
Khalida Jabeen
Lixin Zhu
Daoji Li

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1592801

Original Research

Accepted on 21 Apr 2025

Seasonal and Spatial Variations of Nutrients and Environmental Effects under Anthropogenic Influence in Daya Bay, China

in Marine Pollution

Jincheng Zhao
Jiawei He
Cai Li
Zeming Yang
Cong Liu
Xianqing Zhang
Min Qin
Dejing Tang
Wen Zhou
Zhantang Xu

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1560930

239 views

Policy Brief

Accepted on 18 Apr 2025

Drivers and Policy Insights for Enhancing Blue Carbon Cooperation Mechanism between China and ASEAN Countries

in Marine Pollution

Lei Zhang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1597716

141 views

Original Research

Accepted on 18 Apr 2025

Hydrothermal vents as observatories for future ocean acidification (OA) scenarios: an in-situ study to unravel the involvement of ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters in the adaptation of marine polychaetes Platynereis spp. to OA

in Marine Pollution

Silvia Simonetti
Kevin Nzumbi Mutemi
Patrizia Romano
Till Luckenbach
Valerio Zupo
Maria Cristina Gambi
Ilaria Corsi

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1573367

152 views

Original Research

Published on 16 Apr 2025

Application of the environmental impact assessment provisions under the BBNJ Agreement in high seas marine protected area: challenges and suggestion

in Marine Pollution

Yong Wang
Xin Pan

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1589936

876 views

Original Research

Accepted on 15 Apr 2025

China’s Land-Sea Environmental Regulatory System: Reforms and Impacts

in Marine Pollution

Ze Jin
Miaohong Yu

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1576297

248 views

Original Research

Accepted on 15 Apr 2025

UVA-induced weathering of microplastics in seawater: Surface property transformations and kinetics

in Marine Pollution

Liu Gao
Yuanyuan Su
Tariq Mehmood
Zeizheng Wang
Licheng Peng
Naiming Zhang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1519668

Original Research

Accepted on 14 Apr 2025

Immediate and short-term effects of pile-driving on Hector's dolphin in Lyttelton Harbour, Aotearoa New Zealand

in Marine Pollution

Deanna M Clement
Heloise Pavanato
Crystal Lenky
Matthew K Pine

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1554536

150 views

Editorial

Published on 14 Apr 2025

Editorial: Advances in marine environmental protection: challenges, solutions and perspectives

in Marine Pollution

Mehran Idris Khan
Yen-Chiang Chang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1593179

770 views