A chronicle of our findings from 2009 to the present.
Kozikowski, N. and Corcoran, P.L. (2024) Pedestrian traffic is the main driver of macro- and large microplastic debris deposition in urban stormwater drains. Front. Environ. Sci. 12:1459259. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1459259. View Article
Belontz, S., Corcoran, P.L., Kimpe, L., Helm, P. and Marvin, C. 2024. A temporal record of microplastic accumulation in sediment cores of the Great Lakes, North America, reflects macroeconomic and regional influences, FACETS, 9: 1-10. Read Publication
Pinto da Costa, J. and Corcoran, P.L. (submitted on July 16, 2024). Micro(nano)plastics as soil pollutants. In: Armando C. Duarte, Anabela Cachada, Teresa Rocha-Santos (Eds.), Soil Pollution. Academic Press.
Corcoran, P.L., (submitted July 25, 2024). Plastics and the Anthropocene. In: Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, Elsevier.
Hill-Svehla, C.M., Corcoran, P.L. 2022. Microbial, tidal, and storm activity in a macrotidal to shallow marine shelf environment during the Paleoproterozoic era. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. e-First View Journal
Wardlaw, C., Corcoran, P.L., Neff, B.D., 2022. Factors influencing the variation of microplastic uptake in demersal fishes from the upper Thames River Ontario. Environmental Pollution, 313, 120095.
Belontz, S.L., Corcoran, P.L., de Haan-Ward, J., Helm, P.A., Marvin, C., 2022. Factors driving the spatial distribution of microplastics in nearshore and offshore sediment of Lake Huron, North America. Marine Pollution Bulletin 179, 113709.
Arturo, I.A., Corcoran, P.L., 2022. Categorization of plastic debris on sixty-six beaches of the Laurentian Great Lakes, North America. Environmental Research Letters 17 (4), 045008.
Corcoran, P.L., 2021. Degradation of microplastics in the environment. Rocha-Santos, T., Costa, M. Mouneyrac, C. (Eds.), Handbook of Microplastics in the Environment. Source Link
Corcoran, P.L., de Haan Ward, J., Arturo, I.A., Belontz, S.L., Moore, T., Hill-Svehla, C.M., Robertson, K., Wood, K., and Jazvac, K. 2020. A comprehensive investigation of industrial plastic pellets on beaches across the Laurentian Great Lakes and the factors governing their distribution. Science of the Total Environment, 747: 141227. Read Online
Corcoran, P.L., Belontz, S.L., Ryan, K., and Walzak, M.J. 2020. Factors controlling the distribution of microplastic particles in benthic sediment of the Thames River, Canada. Environmental Science & Technology, 54: 818-825. Read Publication
Dean, B.Y., Corcoran, P.L., and Helm, P.A. 2018. Factors influencing microplastic abundances in nearshore, tributary and beach sediments along the Ontario shoreline of Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 44: 1002-1009. View at ScienceDirect
Corcoran, P.L., Moore, C., and Jazvac, K. 2014. An anthropogenic marker horizon in the future rock record. GSA Today, 24: 4-8. GSA Archive
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