[ report an error in this record ] Egger, Matthias Institute  Top | Institute | Publications  The Ocean Cleanup, more   Publications (29)  Top | Institute | Publications  A1 Publications (23) [show] Egger, M.; Booth, A.M.; Bosker, T.; Everaert, G.; Garrard, S.L.; Havas, V.; Huntley, H.S.; Koelmans, A.A.; Kvale, K.; Lebreton, L.; Niemann, H.; Pang, P.; Proietti, M.; Puskic, P.; Richon, C.; Royer, S.-J.; Savoca, M.S.; Tjallema, A.; van Vulpen, M.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Mitrano, D.M. (2025). Evaluating the environmental impact of cleaning the North Pacific Garbage Patch. NPG Scientific Reports 15(1): 16736. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-00619-w, more Zhao, S.; Kvale, K.; Zhu, L.; Zettler, E.R.; Egger, M.; Mincer, T.J. ; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Lebreton, L.; Niemann, H.; Nakajima, R.; Thiel, M.; Bos, R.P.; Galgani, L.; Stubbins, A. (2025). The distribution of subsurface microplastics in the ocean. Nature (Lond.) 641(8061): 51-61. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08818-1, more Kvale, K.; Andrews, Z.A.; Egger, M. (2024). Mind the fragmentation gap. Nature Comm. 15(1): 9831. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53962-3, more Vaksmaa, A.; Vielfaure, H.; Polerecky, L.; Kienhuis, M.V.M.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Pflüger, T.; Egger, M.; Niemann, H. (2024). Biodegradation of polyethylene by the marine fungus Parengyodontium album. Sci. Total Environ. 934: 172819. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172819, more Delre, A.; Goudriaan, M.; Hernando-Morales, V.; Vaksmaa, A.; Ndhlovu, R.T.; Baas, M.; Keijzer, E.; de Groot, T.; Zeghal, E.; Egger, M.; Röckmann, T.; Niemann, H. (2023). Plastic photodegradation under simulated marine conditions. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 187: 114544. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114544, more Haram, L.E.; Carlton, J.T.; Centurioni, L.; Choong, H.; Cornwell, B.; Crowley, M.; Egger, M.; Hafner, J.; Hormann, V.; Lebreton, L.; Maximenko, N.; McCuller, M.I.; Murray, C.; Par, J.; Shcherbina, A.; Wright, C.; Ruiz, G.M. (2023). Extent and reproduction of coastal species on plastic debris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7(5): 687-697. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-01997-y, more Egger, M.; Schilt, B.; Wolter, H.; Mani, T.; de Vries, R.; Zettler, E.R.; Niemann, H. (2022). Pelagic distribution of plastic debris (> 500 µm) and marine organisms in the upper layer of the North Atlantic Ocean. NPG Scientific Reports 12(1): 13465. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17742-7, more Lebreton, L.; Royer, S.-J.; Peytavin, A.; Strietman, W.J.; Smeding-Zuurendonk, I.; Egger, M. (2022). Industrialised fishing nations largely contribute to floating plastic pollution in the North Pacific subtropical gyre. NPG Scientific Reports 12(1): 12666. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16529-0, more Leone, G.; Catarino, A.I.; Pauwels, I.; Mani, T.; Tishler, M.; Egger, M.; Forio, M.A.E.; Goethals, P.L.M.; Everaert, G. (2022). Integrating Bayesian Belief Networks in a toolbox for decision support on plastic clean-up technologies in rivers and estuaries. Environ. Pollut. 296: 118721. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118721, more Vaksmaa, A.; Egger, M.; Lüke, C.; Martins, P.D.; Rosselli, R.; Abdala Asbun, A.; Niemann, H. (2022). Microbial communities on plastic particles in surface waters differ from subsurface waters of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 182: 113949. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113949, more Egger, M.; Quiros, L.; Leone, G.; Ferrari, F.; Boerger, C.M.; Tishler, M. (2021). Relative abundance of floating plastic debris and neuston in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 626026. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3389/fmars.2021.626026, more Jacques, C.; Gkritzalis, T.; Tison, J.-L.; Hartley, T.; van der Veen, C.; Röckmann, T.; Middelburg, J.J.; Cattrijsse, A.; Egger, M.; Dehairs, F.; Sapart, C.J. (2021). Carbon and hydrogen isotope signatures of dissolved methane in the Scheldt Estuary. Est. Coast. 44(1): 137–146. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00768-3, more Bradley, J.A.; Arndt, S.; Amend, P; Burwicz, E.; Dale, A. W.; Egger, M.; LaRowe, D. E. (2020). Widespread energy limitation to life in global subseafloor sediments. Science Advances 6(32): eaba0697. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba0697, more Egger, M.; Nijhof, R.; Quiros, L.; Leone, G.; Royer, S.-J.; McWhirter, A.C.; Kantakov, G.A.; Radchenko, V.I.; Pakhomov, E.A.; Hunt, B.P.V.; Lebreton, L. (2020). A spatially variable scarcity of floating microplastics in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Environ. Res. Lett. 15(11): 114056. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abbb4f, more Egger, M.; Sulu-Gambari, F; Lebreton, L. (2020). First evidence of plastic fallout from the North Pacific Garbage Patch. NPG Scientific Reports 10(1): 10 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64465-8, more van Sebille, E.; Aliani, S.; Law, K.L.; Maximenko, N.; Alsina, J.M.; Bagaev, A.; Bergmann, M.; Chapron, B.; Chubarenko, I.; Cózar, A.; Delandmeter, P.; Egger, M.; Fox-Kemper, B.; Garaba, S.P.; Goddijn-Murphy, L.; Hardesty, B.D.; Hoffman, M.J.; Isobe, A.; Jongedijk, C.E.; Kaandorp, M.L.A.; Khatmullina, L.; Koelmans, A.A.; Kukulka, T.; Laufkötter, C.; Lebreton, L.; Lobelle, D.; Maes, C.; Martinez-Vicente, V.; Morales Maqueda, M.Á.; Poulain-Zarcos, M.; Rodríguez, E.; Ryan, P.G.; Shanks, A.L.; Shim, W.J.; Suaria, G.; Thiel, M.; van den Bremer, T.S.; Wichmann, D. (2020). The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris. Environ. Res. Lett. 15(2): 023003. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6d7d, more Lebreton, L.; Egger, M.; Slat, B. (2019). A global mass budget for positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean. NPG Scientific Reports 9(1): 10 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49413-5, more Egger, M.; Riedinger, N.; Mogollón, J.M.; Jørgensen, B.B. (2018). Global diffusive fluxes of methane in marine sediments. Nature Geoscience 11(6): 421-425. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0122-8, more Egger, M.; Hagens, M.; Sapart, C.J.; Dijkstra, N.; van Helmond, N.A.G.M.; Mogollon, J.M.; Risgaard-Petersen, N.; van der Veen, C.; Kasten, S.; Riedinger, N.; Röckmann, T.; Jørgensen, B.B.; Slomp, C.P. (2017). Iron oxide reduction in methane-rich deep Baltic Sea sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 207: 256-276. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.03.019, more Sapart, C.J.; Shakhova, N.; Semiletov, I.; Jansen, J.; Szidat, S.; Kosmach, D.; Dudarev, O.; van der Veen, C.; Egger, M.; Sergienko, V.; Salyuk, A.; Tumskoy, V.; Tison, J.-L.; Röckmann, T. (2017). The origin of methane in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf unraveled with triple isotope analysis. Biogeosciences 14(9): 2283-2292. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2283-2017, more Egger, M.; Lenstra, W.; Jong, D.; Meysman, F.J.R.; Sapart, C.J.; van der Veen, C.; Röckmann, T.; Gonzalez, S; Slomp, C.P. (2016). Rapid sediment accumulation results in high methane effluxes from coastal sediments. PLoS One 11(8): e0161609. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161609, more Egger, M.; Kraal, P.; Jilbert, T.; Sulu-Gambari, F.; Sapart, C.J.; Röckmann, T.; Slomp, C.P. (2016). Anaerobic oxidation of methane alters sediment records of sulfur, iron and phosphorus in the Black Sea. Biogeosciences 13(18): 5333-5355. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5333-2016, more Egger, M.; Rasigraf, O.; Sapart, C.J.; Jilbert, T.; Jetten, S.M.; Rockmann, T.; van der Veen, C.; Banda, N.; Kartal, B.; Ettwig, K.F.; Slomp, C.P. (2015). Iron-mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane in brackish coastal sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 49(1): 277-283. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es503663z, more Peer reviewed publications (2) [show] Mitrano, D.M.; Bigalke, M.; Booth, A.M.; Carteny, C.C.; Coffin, S.; Egger, M.; Gondikas, A.; Hüffer, T.; Koelmans, A.A.; Lahive, E.; Mattsson, K.; Reynaud, S.; Wagner, S. (2023). Training the next generation of plastics pollution researchers: tools, skills and career perspectives in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary field. Microplastics and Nanoplastics 3(1): 24. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43591-023-00072-4, more Zhao, S.; Mincer, T.J. ; Lebreton, L.; Egger, M. (2023). Pelagic microplastics in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: a prevalent anthropogenic component of the particulate organic carbon pool. PNAS Nexus 2(3): pgad070. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad070, more Abstracts (4) [show] Egger, M.; Booth, A.M.; Bosker, T.; Everaert, G.; Garrard, S.L.; Havas, V.; Huntley, H.S.; Koelmans, A.A.; Kvale, K.; Lebreton, L.; Niemann, H.; Pang, P.; Proietti, M.; Puskic, P.; Richon, C.; Royer, S.-J.; Savoca, M.S.; Tjallema, A.; van Vulpen, M.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Mitrano, D.M. (2025). Evaluating the environmental impact of cleaning the North Pacific Garbage Patch, in: One Ocean Science Congress 2025, Nice, France, 3–6 Jun 2025. pp. OOS2025-474. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/oos2025-474, more Leone, G.; Catarino, A.I.; Pauwels, I.; Mani, T.; Tishler, M.; Egger, M.; Forio, M.A.E.; Goethals, P.L.M.; Everaert, G. (2022). Bayesian Belief Networks to reduce unintentional bycatch in riverine and estuarine plastic removal systems, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 2 March 2022. VLIZ Special Publication, 88: pp. 62, more Leone, G.; Catarino, A.I.; Pauwels, I.; Mani, T.; Tishler, M.; Egger, M.; Forio, M.A.E.; Goethals, P.L.M. (2022). Assisting stakeholders in their choice of riverine and estuarine plastic clean-up technologies with the aid of Bayesian Belief Networks, in: EGU General Assembly 2022. Vienna, Austria & Online, 23–27 May 2022. pp. EGU22-4092. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4092, more Leone, G.; Catarino, A.I.; Pauwels, I.; Mani, T.; Tishler, M.; Egger, M.; Forio, M.; Goethals, P.; Everaert, G. (2022). Bayesian Belief Networks as a toolbox for the creation of a decision support framework for plastic clean-up technology selection in rivers and estuaries, in: SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting 15–19 may 2022 | Copenhagen, Denmark: “Towards a reduced pollution society”. 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