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- Ryota Nakajima; Hidetaka Nomaki; Satoshi Osafune; Shiye Zhao; Takuya Ohnishi; Hayao Yokochi; Maki Noguchi Aita; Kazutaka Takahashi; Minoru Ikehara; Atsushi Tsuda
High surface microplastic abundance at 30°S, 90°W supports eastward extension of the South Pacific garbage patch
Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 05 Feb. 2026 - Thaarshini Paramasivan; Roswati Md; Amin; Md Suffian Idris; Xi Long Liang; Meng Chuan Ong; Shiye Zhao
Microplastics ingestion in zooplankton in tropical estuarine fronts of Terengganu, Malaysia
Marine Pollution Bulletin, Feb. 2026
227 - Shiye Zhao; Roswati Md Amin; Tao Wang; Thaarshini Paramasivan; Dan Xu; Zhixing Chen
Fronts converging microplastics in the Asia-Pacific river plumes
APN Science Bulletin, 01 Aug. 2025
15, 1, 35, 41
Lead, Corresponding - Mui-Choo Jong; Xuneng Tong; Mengli Chen; Serene Hui Xin Tay; Dieu Huong Trinh; Yuanyu Cao; Shiye Zhao; Shasha Lu; Edward Park; Huahong Shi; Karina Yew-Hoong Gin
Strong Convergence of Floating Microplastics at a Small-Scale Estuarine Surface Front
Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 09 Jun. 2025
12, 8, 1009, 1018 - Shiye Zhao; Karin F. Kvale; Lixin Zhu; Erik R. Zettler; Matthias Egger; Tracy J. Mincer; Linda A. Amaral-Zettler; Laurent Lebreton; Helge Niemann; Ryota Nakajima; Martin Thiel; Ryan P. Bos; Luisa Galgani; Aron Stubbins
The distribution of subsurface microplastics in the ocean
Nature, 30 Apr. 2025
641, 8061, 51, 61
Lead, Corresponding - Shiye Zhao; Lixin Zhu
Plastic carbon in the ocean
Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, Feb. 2025
101101, 101101
Lead, Corresponding - Thaarshini Paramasivan; Roswati Md Amin; Shiye Zhao; Tao Wang; Nurhidayah Roseli; Daoji Li; Idham Khalil; Yuzwan Mohamad
Microplastic abundance in the surface water of tropical estuarine fronts
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 18 Dec. 2024
32, 2, 587, 602 - Aron Stubbins; Lixin Zhu; Shiye Zhao; Robert G. M. Spencer; David C. Podgorski
Molecular Signatures of Dissolved Organic Matter Generated from the Photodissolution of Microplastics in Sunlit Seawater
Environmental Science & Technology, 13 Nov. 2023
57, 48, 20097, 20106 - Tracy J. Mincer; Ryan P. Bos; Erik R. Zettler; Shiye Zhao; Alejandro A. Asbun; William D. Orsi; Vincent S. Guzzetta; Linda A. Amaral-Zettler
Sargasso Sea Vibrio bacteria: Underexplored potential pathovars in a perturbed habitat
Water Research, Aug. 2023
242, 120033, 120033 - Ryan P. Bos; Shiye Zhao; Tracey T. Sutton; Tamara M. Frank
Microplastic ingestion by deep‐pelagic crustaceans and fishes
Limnology and Oceanography, 15 May 2023
68, 7, 1595, 1610 - Shiye Zhao; Tracy J Mincer; Laurent Lebreton; Matthias Egger
Pelagic microplastics in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: A prevalent anthropogenic component of the particulate organic carbon pool
PNAS Nexus, 01 Mar. 2023
2, 3 - Tao Wang; Shiye Zhao; Lixin Zhu; James C. McWilliams; Luisa Galgani; Roswati Md Amin; Ryota Nakajima; Wensheng Jiang; Mengli Chen
Accumulation, transformation and transport of microplastics in estuarine fronts
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 09 Nov. 2022
3, 11, 795, 805
[Reviewed] - Zhao, S.; Zettler, E.R.; Bos, R.P.; Lin, P.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Mincer, T.J.
Large quantities of small microplastics permeate the surface ocean to abyssal depths in the South Atlantic Gyre
Global Change Biology, 2022
28, 9 - Zhao, S.; Wang, T.; Zhu, L.; Xu, P.; Wang, X.; Gao, L.; Li, D.
Corrigendum: “Analysis of suspended microplastics in the Changjiang Estuary: Implications for riverine plastic load to the ocean” (Water Research (2019) 161 (560–569), (S0043135419305305), (10.1016/j.watres.2019.06.019))
Water Research, 2021
195 - Zhao, S.; Zettler, E.R.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Mincer, T.J.
Microbial carrying capacity and carbon biomass of plastic marine debris
ISME Journal, Jan. 2021
15, 1, 67, 77 - Zhu, L.; Zhao, S.; Bittar, T.B.; Stubbins, A.; Li, D.
Photochemical dissolution of buoyant microplastics to dissolved organic carbon: Rates and microbial impacts
Journal of Hazardous Materials, Feb. 2020
383, 121065, 121065 - Ren, G.; Li, E.; Zhao, S.; Jiang, Y.; Wang, S.; Tang, S.; Hu, H.
Correlation between color polymorphism and the MC1R gene of lanius schach
Biodiversity Science, 2020
28, 6 - Zhao, S.; Wang, T.; Zhu, L.; Xu, P.; Wang, X.; Gao, L.; Li, D.
Analysis of suspended microplastics in the Changjiang Estuary: Implications for riverine plastic load to the ocean
Water Research, Sep. 2019
161, 560, 569 - Ward, J.E.; Zhao, S.; Holohan, B.A.; Mladinich, K.M.; Griffin, T.W.; Wozniak, J.; Shumway, S.E.
Selective Ingestion and Egestion of Plastic Particles by the Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis) and Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica): Implications for Using Bivalves as Bioindicators of Microplastic Pollution
Environmental Science and Technology, 06 Aug. 2019
53, 15, 8776, 8784 - Zhao, S.; Ward, J.E.; Danley, M.; Mincer, T.J.
Field-Based Evidence for Microplastic in Marine Aggregates and Mussels: Implications for Trophic Transfer
Environmental Science and Technology, 02 Oct. 2018
52, 19, 11038, 11048 - Jiang, P.; Zhao, S.; Zhu, L.; Li, D.
Microplastic-associated bacterial assemblages in the intertidal zone of the Yangtze Estuary
Science of the Total Environment, May 2018
624, 48, 54 - Bai, M.-Y.; Zhao, S.-Y.; Peng, G.-Y.; Gao, L.; Li; D.-J.
Occurrence, characteristics of microplastic during urban sewage treatment process.,城市污水处理过程中微塑料赋存特征
Zhongguo Huanjing Kexue/China Environmental Science, 2018
38, 5 - Shiye Zhao; Lixin Zhu; Lei Gao; Daoji Li
Limitations for Microplastic Quantification in the Ocean and Recommendations for Improvement and Standardization
Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments, 2018
27, 49 - Zhao, S.; Danley, M.; Ward, J.E.; Li, D.; Mincer, T.J.
An approach for extraction, characterization and quantitation of microplastic in natural marine snow using Raman microscopy
Analytical Methods, 2017
9, 9, 1470, 1478 - Zhao, S.; Zhu, L.; Li, D.
Microscopic anthropogenic litter in terrestrial birds from Shanghai, China: Not only plastics but also natural fibers
Science of the Total Environment, Apr. 2016
550, 1110, 1115 - Zhao, S.; Zhu, L.; Li, D.
Microplastic in three urban estuaries, China
Environmental Pollution, Nov. 2015
206, 597, 604 - Zhao, S.; Zhu, L.; Li, D.
Characterization of small plastic debris on tourism beaches around the South China Sea
Regional Studies in Marine Science, Mar. 2015
1, 55, 62 - Zhao, S.; Zhu, L.; Wang, T.; Li, D.
Suspended microplastics in the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary System, China: First observations on occurrence, distribution
Marine Pollution Bulletin, Sep. 2014
86, 1-2, 562, 568 - Zhao, S.; Wang, Y.; Li, D.
Effects of toxic and non-toxic Microcystis aeruginosa in different mixtures with Scenedesmus obliquus on growth of Brachionus calyciflorus
Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 03 Jul. 2014
29, 3, 377, 386 - Jiang, X.; Li, Q.; Zhao, S.; Zhang, L.; Zhao, Y.; Chen, L.; Yang, W.; Liang, H.
Temperature reaction norms of Daphnia carinata fitness: The effects of food concentration, population density, and photoperiod
Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 02 Jan. 2014
29, 1, 25, 36 - Jiang, X.; Li, Q.; Liang, H.; Zhao, S.; Zhang, L.; Zhao, Y.; Chen, L.; Yang, W.; Xiang, X.
Clonal Variation in Growth Plasticity within a Bosmina longirostris Population: The Potential for Resistance to Toxic Cyanobacteria
PLoS ONE, 09 Sep. 2013
8, 9, e73540, e73540 - Jiang, X.; Zhang, L.; Liang, H.; Li, Q.; Zhao, Y.; Chen, L.; Yang, W.; Zhao, S.
Resistance variation within a Daphnia pulex population against toxic cyanobacteria
Journal of Plankton Research, 01 Sep. 2013
35, 5, 1177, 1181 - Jiang, X.; Yang, W.; Zhao, S.; Liang, H.; Zhao, Y.; Chen, L.; Li, R.
Maternal effects of inducible tolerance against the toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa in the grazer Daphnia carinata
Environmental Pollution, Jul. 2013
178, 142, 146 - Jiang, X.; Liang, H.; Yang, W.; Zhang, J.; Zhao, Y.; Chen, L.; Zhao, S.; Jing, X.
Fitness benefits and costs of induced defenses in Daphnia carinata (Cladocera: Daphnidae) exposed to cyanobacteria
Hydrobiologia, Feb. 2013
702, 1, 105, 113 - Jiang, X.; Zhao, S.; Xu, Z.; Wang, G.; He, J.; Cai, M.
Abundance and age of viable resting eggs of the calanoid copepod Boeckella poppei Mrázek in sediments: Evidence of egg banks in two Antarctic maritime lakes
Polar Biology, Oct. 2012
35, 10, 1525, 1531
Presentations
- Subsurface microplastics in the ocean
International Expert Meeting on Marine Plastic Litter Monitoring Data Sharing Project, 12 Mar. 2026, [Invited] - Microbes on Plastic and Pumice
Ocean Science Meeting - Shiye Zhao
Microplastics beneath the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
Marine Plastic Workshop at Canada Embassy, Feb. 2025 - Shiye Zhao
Microplastics in the deep ocean
Joint Exploration of the Twilight Zone Ocean Network, Jun. 2024 - Shiye Zhao
Pelagic microplastics in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (poster)
JPGU, May 2024 - Shiye Zhao
Microplastic at Sea - A Carbon Perspective
ocean plastic webinars, 06 Jul. 2021
Media Coverage
- Sea of plastic: Global study finds thousands of microparticles even in the Mariana Trench
EL PAÍS: el periódico global, May 2025, Paper - Microplastic pollution at high concentrations in all depths, including the deep sea... Researchers say "the amount is already too large to ignore.
読売新聞, May 2025, Paper - Microplastics in the ocean are distributed at all depths, according to analysis by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
日本経済新聞, May 2025 - "Microplastics" are distributed at all depths in the oceans around the world
NHK, Media report - Pollution Is Rampant. We Might As Well Make Use of It.
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