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This work is dedicated with gratitude to my two mentors‐ Dr. R.O.B. Wijesekera (Ceylon Institute for Scientific Research, Colombo, Sri Lanka) and Professor Jim Harwood (University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA), both exceptionally talented teachers as well as accomplished researchers, under whose able guidance I was fortunate enough to receive my own training in scientific research.
List of Contributors
Linda A. Amaral‐Zettler NIOZ – Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Den Burg, The Netherlands and Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Anthony L. Andrady Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering North Carolina State University Raleigh, USA
Nathaniel J. Clark International Marine Litter Research Unit, School of Biological and Marine Sciences University of Plymouth Plymouth, United Kingdom
Garth A. Covernton Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Toronto Ontario, Canada
Lia N. Corbett NIOZ – Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Den Burg, The Netherlands and Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Winnie Courtene‐Jones International Marine Litter Research Unit School of Biological and Marine Sciences University of Plymouth Plymouth, United Kingdom
D. Cracknell University of Plymouth Plymouth, UK
Astrid C. Fischer International Marine Litter Research Unit, School of Biological and Marine Sciences University of Plymouth Plymouth, United Kingdom
Jennifer M. Lynch Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, USA and Center for Marine Debris Research, Hawaii Pacific University Honolulu, USA
Amy L. Lusher Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) Oslo, Norway and Department of Biological Science University of Bergen Bergen, Norway
Francois Galgani Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la MER (IFREMER), Centre Méditerranée La Seyne‐sur‐Mer, France Olivia Gérigny Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la MER (IFREMER) Centre Méditerranée La Seyne‐sur‐Mer, France
Aoife A. Gowen School of Biosystems and Food Engineering University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
Xuan Guo Laboratory of Environmental Technology INET, Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Peter T. Harris Grid Arendal Arendal, Norway
M. Kooi Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group Wageningen University The Netherlands
Bimali Koongolla Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Institution of South China and Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Guangzhou, China
Katrina Knauer Novoloop, Inc. Menlo Park, USA
L. Lebreton The Ocean Cleanup Rotterdam, The Netherlands and The Modelling House Raglan, New Zealand
Daoji Li State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research East China Normal University Shanghai, China
Kai Liu State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research East China Normal University Shanghai, China
Angiolillo Michela Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA) Roma, Italy and Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN) Napoli, Italy
Thomas Maes Grid Arendal Arendal, Norway
T. Mani The Ocean Cleanup Rotterdam, The Netherlands
S. M. Mintenig Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group Wageningen University The Netherlands
M. B. Tekman Deep‐Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar Research Germany
Tim van Emmerik Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group Wageningen University The Netherlands
S. Nuojua University of Plymouth Plymouth, UK
S. Pahl University of Plymouth Plymouth, UK and University of Vienna Vienna, Austria
Karen Raubenheimer Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) University of Wollongong Wollongong, Australia
Katherine R. Shaw Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Center for Marine Debris Research Hawaii Pacific University
Anna Schwarz Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) Utrecht, The Netherlands
Natalie S. Smith International Marine Litter Research Unit, School of Biological and Marine Sciences University of Plymouth Plymouth, United Kingdom
Eric Tambutté Centre Scientifique de Monaco Monaco, Principality of Monaco
Brijesh Kumar Tiwari Department of Food Chemistry and Technology Teagasc Food Research Centre Dublin, Ireland
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