A detailed overview of our publications and citations can be found here.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
2024
- 43 Lebreton, L., de Vries, R., Pham, Y., Wolter, H., van Vulpen, M., Puskic, P., Sainte-Rose, B., Royer, S.-J., and Egger, M. (2024) Seven years into the North Pacific Garbage Patch: legacy plastic fragments rising disproportionally faster than larger floating objects. Environmental Research Letters
- 42 Kvale K., Andrews, Z. A., and Egger, M. (2024) Mind the fragmentation gap. Nature Communications
- 41 Egger, M., van Vulpen, M., Spanowicz, K., Wada, K., Pham, Y., Wolter, H., Fuhrimann, S., and Lebreton, L. (2024) Densities of neuston often not elevated within plastic hotspots territory inside the North Pacific Garbage Patch. Environ. Res.: Ecology
- 40 Vaksmaa, A., Vielfaure, H., Polerecky, L., Kienhuis, M. V. M., van der Meer, M. T. J., Pflüger, T., Egger, M., and Niemann, H. (2024) Biodegradation of polyethylene by the marine fungus Parengyodontium album. Science of the Total Environment
- 39 Jørgensen, B. B., Egger, M., Lever, M. A., and Røy, H. (2024) Seawater contamination by coring and pore water sampling of marine sediments. Chemical Geology
2023
- 38 Jørgensen, B. B., Egger, M., and Canfield, D. E. (2023) Sulfate distribution and sulfate reduction in global marine sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta
- 37 Richon, C., Kvale, K., Lebreton, L., and Egger, M. (2023) Legacy oceanic plastic pollution must be addressed to mitigate possible long-term ecological impacts. Microplastics and Nanoplastics
- 36 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., and 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
- 35 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., Murray, C., Par, J., Shcherbina, A., Wright, C., and Ruiz, G. M. (2023) Extent and reproduction of coastal species on plastic debris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Nature Ecology & Evolution
- 34 Zhao, S., Mincer, T. J., Lebreton, L., and Egger, M. (2023) Pelagic microplastics in the North Pacific subtropical gyre: a prevalent anthropogenic component of the particulate organic carbon pool. PNAS Nexus
- 33 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., and Niemann, H. (2023) Plastic photodegradation under simulated marine conditions. Marine Pollution Bulletin
2022
- 32 Lebreton, L., Royer, S.-J., Peytavin, A., Strietman, W. J., Smeding-Zuurendonk, I., and Egger, M. (2022) Industrialised fishing nations largely contribute to floating plastic pollution in the North Pacific subtropical gyre. Scientific Reports
- 31 Egger, M., Schilt, B., Wolter, H., Mani, T., de Vries, R., Zettler, E., and Niemann, H. (2022) Pelagic distribution of plastic debris (> 500 µm) and marine organisms in the upper layer of the North Atlantic Ocean. Scientific Reports
- 30 Vaksmaa, A., Egger, M., Lüke, C., Martins P. D., Rosselli, R., Asbun, A. A., and Niemann, H. (2022) Microbial communities on plastic particles in surface waters differ from subsurface waters of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Marine Pollution Bulletin
- 29 Jørgensen, B. B., Wenzhöfer, F., Egger, M., and Glud, R. N. (2022) Sediment oxygen consumption: Role in the global marine carbon cycle. Earth-Science Reviews
- 28 Leone, G., Catarino, A. I., Pauwels, I., Mani, T., Tishler, M., Egger, M., Forio, M. A. E., Goethals, P. L. M., and Everaert G. (2022) Integrating Bayesian Belief Networks in a toolbox for decision support on plastic clean-up technologies in rivers and estuaries. Environmental Pollution
2021
- 27 De Vries, R., Egger, M., Mani, T., and Lebreton, L. (2021) Quantifying floating plastic debris at sea using vessel-based optical data and artificial intelligence. Remote Sensing
- 26 Egger, M., Quiros, L., Leone, G., Ferrari, F., Boerger, C. M., and Tishler, M. (2021) Relative abundance of floating plastic debris and neuston in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Front. Mar. Sci.
2020
- 25 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., and Lebreton, L. (2020) A spatially variable scarcity of floating microplastics in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Environm. Res. Lett.
- 24 Bradley, J. A., Arndt, S., Amend, J. P., Burwicz, E., Dale, A. W., Egger, M., and LaRowe, D. E. (2020) Widespread energy limitation to life in global subseafloor sediments. Science Advances
- 23 Jacques, C., Gkritzalis, T., Tison, J.-L., Hartley, T., van der Veen, C., Röckmann, T., Middelburg, J. J., Cattrijsse, A., Egger, M., Dehairs, F., and Sapart, C. J. (2020) Carbon and hydrogen signatures of dissolved methane in the Scheldt Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts
- 22 Egger, M., Sulu-Gambari, F., and Lebreton, L. (2020) First evidence of plastic fallout from the North Pacific Garbage Patch. Scientific Reports
- 21 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., Hoffmann, 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., Maqueda, M. A. M., Poulain-Zarcos, M., Rodríquez, E., Ryan, P. G., Shanks, A. L., Shim, W. J., Suaria, G., Thiel, M., van den Bremer, T. S., and Wichmann, D. (2020) The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris. Environm. Res. Lett.
- 20 Rasigraf, O., van Helmond, N. A. G. M., Frank, J., Lenstra, W. K., Egger, M., Slomp, C. P., and Jetten, M. S. M. (2019) Microbial community composition and functional potential in Bothnian Sea sediments is linked to Fe and S dynamics and the quality of organic matter. Limnol. Oceanogr.
2019
- 19 Lebreton, L., Egger, M., and Slat, B. (2019) A global mass budget for positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean. Scientific Reports
- 18 Glombitza, C., Egger, M., Røy, H., and Jørgensen, B. B. (2019) Controls on volatile fatty acid concentrations in marine sediments (Baltic Sea). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta
- 17 Ash, J. L., Egger, M., Treude, T., Kohl, I., Cragg, B., Parkes, R. J., Slomp, C. P., Sherwood Lollar, B., and Young, E. D. (2019) Exchange catalysis during anaerobic methanotrophy revealed by 12CH2D2 and 13CH3D in methane. Geochemical Perspectives Letters
- 16 Jørgensen, B. B., Beulig, F., Egger, M., Petro, C., Scholze, C., and Røy, H. (2019) Organoclastic sulfate reduction in the sulfate-methane transition of marine sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta
- 15 Hermans, M., Lenstra, W. K., van Helmond, N. A. G. M., Behrends, T., Egger, M., Séguret, M. J. M., Gustafsson, E., Gustafsson B. G., and Slomp, C. P. (2019) Impact of natural re-oxygenation on the sediment dynamics of manganese, iron and phosphorus in a euxinic Baltic Sea basin. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta
2018
- 14 Lenstra, W. K., Egger, M., van Helmond, N. A. G. M., Kritzberg, E., Conley, D. J., and Slomp, C. P. (2018) Variations in river input of iron impact sedimentary phosphorus burial in an oligotrophic Baltic Sea estuary. Biogeosciences
- 13 Liu, J., Wang, J., Izon, G., Antler, G., Wang, Z., Zhao, J., and Egger, M. (2018) Vivianite formation in methane-rich deep-sea sediments from the South China Sea. Biogeosciences
- 12 van Emmerik, T., Kieu-Le, T. C., Loozen, M., van Oeveren, K., Strady, E., Bui, X. T., Egger, M., Gasperi, J., Lebreton, L., Nguyen, P. D., Schwarz, A., Slat, B., and Tassin, B. (2018) A Methodology to characterize riverine macroplastic emission into the ocean. Front. Mar. Sci.
- 11 Egger, M., Riedinger, N., Mogollón, J. M., and Jørgensen, B. B. (2018) Global diffusive fluxes of methane in marine sediments. Nature Geoscience
- 10 Dean, J. F., Middelburg, J. J., Röckmann, T., Aerts, R., Blauw, L. G., Egger, M., Jetten, M. S. M., de Jong, A. E. E., Meisel, O. H., Rasigraf, O., Slomp, C. P., in 't Zandt, M. H., and Dolman, A. J. (2018) Methane feedbacks to the global climate system in a warmer world. Reviews of Geophysics
- 9 Dijkstra, N., Hagens, M., Egger, M. and Slomp, C. P. (2018) Post-depositional vivianite formation alters sediment phosphorus records. Biogeosciences
2017
- 8 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. and Röckmann, T. (2017) The origin of methane in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf unraveled with triple isotope analysis. Biogeosciences
- 7 Bhattarai, S., Cassarini, Gonzalez-Gil, G., Egger, M., Slomp, C. P., Zhang, Y., Esposito, G. and Lens, P. N. L. (2017) Anaerobic methane-oxidizing microbial community in a coastal marine sediment: anaerobic methanotrophy dominated by ANME-3. Microb. Ecol.
- 6 Egger, M., Hagens, M., Sapart, C. J., Dijkstra, N., van Helmond, N. A. G. M., Mogollón, J. M., Risgaard-Petersen, N., van der Veen, C., Kasten, S., Riedinger, N., Böttcher, M. E., Röckmann, T., Jørgensen, B. B. and Slomp, C. P. (2017) Iron oxide reduction in methane-rich deep Baltic Sea sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta
2016
- 5 Egger, M., Lenstra, W., Jong, D., Meysman, F. J. R., Sapart, C. J., van der Veen, C., Röckmann, T., Gonzalez, S. and Slomp, C. P. (2016) Rapid sediment accumulation results in high methane effluxes from coastal sediments. Plos ONE
- 4 Egger, M., Kraal, P., Jilbert, T., Sulu-Gambari, F., Sapart, C. J., Röckmann, T. and Slomp, C. P. (2016) Anaerobic oxidation of methane alters sediment records of sulfur, iron and phosphorus in the Black Sea. Biogeosciences
- 3 Rooze, R., Egger, M., Tsandev, I. and Slomp, C. P. (2016) Iron-dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane in coastal sediments: potential controls and impact. Limnol. Oceanogr.
2015
- 2 Egger, M., Jilbert, T., Behrends, T., Rivard, C. and Slomp, C. P. (2015) Vivianite is a major sink for phosphorus in methanogenic coastal surface sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta
- 1 Egger, M., Rasigraf, O., Sapart, C. J., Jilbert, T., Jetten, M. S. M., Röckmann, T., van der Veen, C., Banda, N., Kartal, B., Ettwig, K. F. and Slomp, C. P. (2015) Iron-mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane in brackish coastal sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol.
Other Publications
- Egger, M. (2016) Anaerobic oxidation of methane and its impact on iron and phosphorus cycling in marine sediments (PhD Thesis, Utrecht University)
- Egger, M. (2011) Ocean Acidification in the Humboldt Current System (MSc Thesis, ETH Zurich)
