Julius A. Ellrich

Marine plastic pollution is common worldwide. As a result, marine organisms from small to large are exposed to plastic debris. Thus, the research topic ‘From Micro to Macro’ explores the resulting interactions of marine biota with plastic pollution. frontiersin.org/journals/marin…

Plasticoncrete is plastic contained in concrete. Our recent open access article characterized this novel plastic form and showed how it contributes to the accumulation of plastic debris in coastal sediments. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Joern et al. recently 'Characterized Microbial Biofilms on Marine Plastics'. This open access article is part of the research topic 'Interactions of Marine Biota with Plastic Pollution'. Manuscript submission deadline is 7 July 2025. Thank you very much. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.…

StFX Marine Ecology Lab Researchers Publish Study On Latitudinal Changes of Rocky Intertidal Atlantic Communities. stfx.ca/news/marine-ec…

Novel article shows "Evidence of uses of marine litter by Mediterranean Cephalopoda". This article is part of the Research Topic "Interactions of Marine Biota with Plastic Pollution". Submissions are possible until 7 July 2025. Thank you very much. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.…

The stability of rocky intertidal communities along the Nova Scotia coast is changing with the ongoing climate and oceanographic change: doi.org/10.3389/fmars.…

New study in Marine Pollution Bulletin found emerging pollutants in whales from German waters: "When the small ones tease the largest: Microplastic and phthalate ester occurrence in cetaceans occasionally found in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea". doi.org/10.1016/j.marp…

New open access article published: Scrosati, R. A. & Ellrich, J. A. (2025). Support for the intermittent upwelling hypothesis using 10 years of barnacle recruitment data from a western ocean boundary in Atlantic Canada. PeerJ 13: e19470. doi.org/10.7717/peerj.…

Deadline extended: our Research Topic in Frontiers in Marine Science accepts submissions until 7 May 2025. Thank you for your interest. frontiersin.org/research-topic…

Bitumen-based plastitar found in IJmuiden, The Netherlands! We recently examined this novel plastic form variant in our open access article: doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.…