PUBLICATIONS
Please find some featured publications along with a full list of peer-reviewed publications and policy briefs below. Links to articles are included, however if you cannot access an article, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Featured
Full List of Publications
Thompson, R. C., Courtene-Jones, W. Boucher, J., Pahl, S., Raubenheimer, K., Koelmans, A. A. (2024) Twenty years of microplastics pollution research—what have we learned? Science
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Courtene-Jones et al (2024), Are Biobased Microfibers Less Harmful than Conventional Plastic Microfibers: Evidence from Earthworms, Environmental Science and Technology
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Courtene-Jones, W. Cheung, S. W. H.,
Thompson, R. C., Hanley, M. E. (2024),
Effect of biodegradable and conventional
microplastic exposure in combination with
seawater inundation on the coastal terrestrial
plant Plantago coronopus, Environmental
Pollution, 124573
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​​​​Courtene-Jones, W. , Burgevin, F., Munns, L.,
Shillam, M.B.T., De Falco, F., Buchard, A.,
Handy, R.D., Thompson, R.C., Hanley, M.E.
Deterioration of bio-based polylactic acid
plastic teabags under environmental
conditions and their associated effects on
earthworms. Science of the Total
Environment, 172806
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Courtene-Jones, W., De Falco, F., Napper, I., (2023), A Review of Biodegradable Plastics from Multidisciplinary Perspectives, In: Plastic Pollution in the Global Ocean, A. Horton (Eds), World Scientific Press (Publisher), pp412
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Courtene-Jones W, Clark NJ & Thompson RC (2022) 'Plastic pollution requires an integrative systems approach to understand and mitigate risk' Emerging Topics in Life Sciences 6, (4) 435-439
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Courtene-Jones W, Clark NJ & Thompson RC (2022) 'Plastic pollution: the science we need for the planet we want' Emerging Topics in Life Sciences 6, (4) 333-337
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Courtene-Jones W, van Gennip S, Penicaud J,
Penn E & Thompson RC (2022) 'Synthetic
microplastic abundance and composition along a
longitudinal gradient traversing the subtropical
gyre in the North Atlantic Ocean' Marine Pollution
Bulletin 185, (Part B)
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Courtene-Jones W, Martínez Rodríguez A & Handy RD (2022) 'From microbes to ecosystems: a review of the ecological effects of biodegradable plastics' Emerging Topics in Life Sciences
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Courtene-Jones, W., Clark, N. J., Fischer, A. C., Smith, N. S. & Thompson, R. C. (2022) 'Ingestion of Microplastics by Marine Animals', in Andrady, A.L. (ed.) Plastics and the Ocean. pp. 349-366
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Courtene-Jones, W., Liu, K. & Li, D. (2022) 'Estimating Microplastics in Deep Water', in Andrady, A.L. (ed.) Plastics and the Ocean. Wiley, pp. 131-149.
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Courtene-Jones W, Maddalene T, James MK, Smith NS, Youngblood K, Jambeck JR, Earthrowl S, Delvalle-Borrero D, Penn E & Thompson RC (2021) 'Source, sea and sink—A holistic approach to understanding plastic pollution in the Southern Caribbean' Science of The Total Environment 797, 0-0
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Liu K, Courtene-Jones W, Wang X, Song Z, Wei N & Li D (2020) 'Elucidating the vertical transport of microplastics in the water column: A review of sampling methodologies and distributions' Water Research 186,
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Courtene-Jones W, Quinn B, Ewins C, Gary SF & Narayanaswamy BE (2020) 'Microplastic accumulation in deep-sea sediments from the Rockall Trough' Marine Pollution Bulletin 154,
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Courtene-Jones W, Quinn B, Ewins C, Gary SF & Narayanaswamy BE (2018) 'Consistent microplastic ingestion by deep-sea invertebrates over the last four decades (1976–2015), a study from the North East Atlantic' Environmental Pollution 244, 503-512
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Nuuttila HK, Brundiers K, Dähne M, Koblitz JC, Thomas L, Courtene-Jones W, Evans PGH, Turner JR, Bennell JD & Hiddink JG (2018) 'Estimating effective detection area of static passive acoustic data loggers from playback experiments with cetacean vocalisations' Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9, (12) 2362-2371
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Courtene-Jones W, Quinn B, Gary SF, Mogg AOM & Narayanaswamy BE (2017) 'Microplastic pollution identified in deep-sea water and ingested by benthic invertebrates in the Rockall Trough, North Atlantic Ocean' Environmental Pollution 231, 271-280
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Nuuttila HK, Courtene-Jones W, Baulch S, Simon M & Evans PGH (2017) 'Don’t forget the porpoise: acoustic monitoring reveals fine scale temporal variation between bottlenose dolphin and harbour porpoise in Cardigan Bay SAC' Marine Biology 164, (3)
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Courtene-Jones W, Quinn B, Murphy F, Gary SF & Narayanaswamy BE (2017) 'Optimisation of enzymatic digestion and validation of specimen preservation methods for the analysis of ingested microplastics' Analytical Methods 9, (9) 1437-1445 , DOI
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Courtene-Jones W & Briffa M (2014) 'Boldness and asymmetric contests: role- and outcome-dependent effects of fighting in hermit crabs' Behavioral Ecology 25, (5) 1073-1082
Policy Briefs and Reports
Scientists Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty (2024), Policy Brief: Addressing Microplastic Pollution via the Global Plastic Treaty. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13332873
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Brander et al. (2024), Microfibres from textiles - A key source of microplastics to the environment: Fate, effects, and mitigation strategies. Working Paper.
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Al-jaibachi et al. (2024) Paint – a key source of microplastics to the environment: An introduction to the fate, effects, and mitigation strategies, Working Paper.
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Mendrik et al. (2024) Intentionally added plastics in personal care products - a key source of microplastics to the environment - effects and mitigation. Working Paper.
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Booth et al (2024), Vehicle tyres – A key source of microplastics to the environment: An introduction to the fate, effects, and mitigation strategies, Working paper.
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Scientists Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty (2023) Policy Brief: The global plastics treaty: What is the role of bio-based plastic, biodegradable plastic and bioplastic?
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Scientists Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty (2023) Policy Brief: Role of chemicals and polymers of concern in the global plastics treaty,
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Scientists Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty (2023), Fact sheet: Bioplastics, bio-based plastics and plastics with biodegradable properties 101
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Courtene-Jones W. & Thompson, R. C. (2021) Terrestrial borne litter in the marine environment- evidence review and quantifying the issue. report for DEFRA
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SAPEA, (2020), Biodegradability of plastics in the open environment, A Scientific Perspective on Microplastics in Nature and Society
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