Publications

Thornton Hampton, L.M., A.C. Mehinto, S.B. Weisberg. 2025. Standard Operating Procedures for the Collection of Samples for Microplastics Analysis Part 1: Surface Sediment and Aquatic Biota. Technical Report 1410.A. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Lao, W. 2025. Postprocessing methods based on minimum detectable amount and method blank for data reporting of particle count and refining estimation of matrix spike recovery in environmental microplastics analysis. Chemosphere 377:144325.

Wong, C.S., W. Lao, S. Sauers, D. Nguyen, L.M. Thornton Hampton. 2024. Multimedia investigations of microplastic concentrations in the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers. Technical Report 1389. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Wong, C.S., W. Lao, S. Sauers, D. Nguyen, R. Butler, D. Lin. 2024. Characterizing the Removal of Microplastics by California Wastewater Treatment Plants: Implications for Management Strategies. Technical Report 1378. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Sherrod, H., N. Leong, H. Hapich, F. Gomez, S. Moore, B. Maurer, S. Coffin, L.M. Thornton Hampton, T. Hale, R. Nelson, C. Murphy-Hagan, O.O. Fadare, A. Kukkola, H.C. Lu, L. Markley, W. Cowger. 2024. One4All: An Open Source Portal to Validate and Share Microplastics Data and Beyond. The Journal of Open Source Software 9:6715.

Brander, S.M., A. Konig, B.C. Almroth, L.M. Thornton Hampton. 2024. The Potential for Toxicity to Fishes from Micro- and Nanoplastics, and Their Additives. in: K.L. Willett, N. Aluru (eds.), Toxicology of Fishes (2nd ed.) pp. 362-391. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL.

Wong, C.S., S. Coffin, C.M. Rochman, S.B. Weisberg. 2024. Informing methods for detecting and quantifying microplastics through the lens of a global intercalibration exercise: An editorial overview of the special issue and beyond. Chemosphere 356:141662.

Mayer, P.M., K.D. Moran, E.L. Miller, S.M. Brander, S. Harper, M. Garcia-Jaramillo, V. Carrasco-Navarro, K.T. Ho, R.M. Burgess, L.M. Thornton Hampton, E.F. Granek, M. McCauley, J.K. McIntyre, E.P. Kolodziej, X. Hu, A.J. Williams, B.A. Beckingham, M.E. Jackson, R.D. Sanders-Smith, C.L. Fender, G.A. King, M. Bollman, S.S. Kaushal, B.E. Cunningham, S.J. Hutton, J. Lang, H.V. Goss, S. Siddiqui, R. Sutton, D. Lin, M. Mendez. 2024. Where the rubber meets the road: Emerging environmental impacts of tire wear particles and their chemical cocktails. Science of the Total Environment 927:171153.

Wong, C.S., S.B. Weisberg. 2024. Development of an accreditation process for analytical methods to measure microplastics in drinking water for regulatory monitoring. Chemosphere 353:141568.

Lao, W., S. Sauers, M. Salmon, C.S. Wong. 2024. Development and validation of an acid/alkaline digestion method for efficient microplastic extraction from wastewater treatment plant effluents: Sulfuric acid concentration and contact time do matter. Science of the Total Environment 917: 170528.

Thornton Hampton, L.M., H. De Frond, K. Gesulga, S. Kotar, W. Lao, C. Matuch, S.B. Weisberg, C.S. Wong, S. Brander, S. Christansen, C.R. Cook, F. Du, S. Ghosal, A.B. Gray, J. Hankett, P.A. Helm, K.T. Ho, T. Kefela, G. Lattin, A. Lusher, L. Mai, R.E. McNeish, O. Mina, E.C. Minor, S. Primpke, K. Rickabaugh, V.C. Renick, S. Singh, B.V. Bavel, F. Vollnhals, C.M. Rochman. 2023. The influence of complex matrices on method performance in extracting and monitoring for microplastics. Chemosphere 334:138875.

McLaughlin, K., R.D. Mazor, M. Sutula, K.C. Schiff. 2023. Regional assessment of trash in Southern California coastal watersheds, United States. Frontiers in Environmental Science 11:1210201.

Munno, K., A.L. Lusher, E.C. Minor, A. Gray, K. Ho, J. Hankett, C.T. Lee, S. Primpke, R.E. McNeish, C.S. Wong, C. Rochman. 2023. Patterns of microparticles in blank samples: A study to inform best practices for microplastic analysis. Chemosphere 333:138883.

Lao, W., C.S. Wong. 2023. How to establish detection limits for environmental microplastics analysis. Chemosphere 327:138456.

De Frond, H., W. Cowger, V. Renick, S. Brander, S. Primpke, S. Sukumaran, D. Elkhatib, S. Barnett, M. Navas-Moreno, K. Rickabaugh, F. Vollnhals, B. O'Donnell, A. Lusher, E. Lee, W. Lao, G. Amarpuri, G. Sarau, S. Christiansen. 2023. What determines accuracy of chemical identification when using microspectroscopy for the analysis of microplastics?. Chemosphere DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137300.

Langknecht, T., W. Lao, C.S. Wong, S. Kotar, D.E. Khatib, S. Robinson, R.M. Burgess, K.T. Ho. 2023. Comparison of two procedures for microplastics analysis in sediments based on an interlaboratory exercise. Chemosphere DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137479.

Thornton Hampton, L.M., S.M. Brander, S. Coffin, M. Cole, L. Hermabessiere, A.A. Koelmans, C.M. Rochman. 2022. Characterizing microplastic hazards: which concentration metrics and particle characteristics are most informative for understanding toxicity in aquatic organisms?. Microplastics and Nanoplastics 2:20.

Kotar, S., R. McNeish, C. Murphy-Hagan, V. Renick, C.T. Lee, C. Steele, A. Lusher, C. Moore, E. Minor, J. Schroeder, P. Helm, K. Rickabaugh, H.D. Frond, K. Gesulga, W. Lao, K. Munno, L.M. Thornton Hampton, S.B. Weisberg, C.S. Wong, G. Amarpuri, R.C. Andrews, S.M. Barnett, S. Christiansen W Cowgeri, K. Crampond, F. Du, A.B. Gray, J. Hankett, K. Ho, J. Jaeger, C. Lilley, L. Mai, O. Mina, E. Lee, S. Primpke, S. Singh, J. Skovly, T. Slifko, S. Sukumaran, B. Bavel, J.V. Brocklin, F. Vollnhals, C. Wu, C.M. Rochman . 2022. Quantitative assessment of visual microscopy as a tool for microplastic research: Recommendations for improving methods and reporting. Chemosphere 308:1-9.

Coffin, S., S.B. Weisberg, C. Rochman, M. Kooi, A.A. Koelmans. 2022. Risk Characterization of Microplastics in San Francisco Bay, California. Microplastics and Nanoplastics 2:19.

Thornton Hampton, L.M., H. Bouwmeester, S.M. Brander, S. Coffin, M. Cole, L. Hermabessiere, A.C. Mehinto, E. Miller, C.M. Rochman, S.B. Weisberg. 2022. Research recommendations to better understand the potential health impacts of microplastics to humans and aquatic ecosystems. Microplastics and Nanoplastics 2:18.

Jenkins, T., B.D. Persaud, W. Cowger, K. Szigeti, D.G. Roche, E. Clary, S. Slowinski, B. Lei, A. Abeynayaka, E.S. Nyadjro, T. Maes, L.M. Thornton Hampton, M. Bergmann, J. Aherne, A.S. Mason, J.F. Honek, F. Rezanezhad, A.L. Lusher, A.M. Booth, R.D.L. Smith, P. Van Cappellan. 2022. Current State of Microplastic Pollution Research Data: Trends in Availability and Sources of Open Data. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10:912107.

Mehinto, A.C., S. Coffin, A.A. Koelmans, S.M. Brander, M. Wagner, L.M. Thornton Hampton, A.G. Burton, E. Miller, T. Gouin, S.B. Weisberg, C.M. Rochman. 2022. Risk-based management framework for microplastics in aquatic ecosystems. Microplastics and Nanoplastics 2:17.

Thornton Hampton, L.M., H. Lowman, S. Coffin, E. Darin, H. De Frond, L. Hermabessiere, E. Miller, V.N. de Ruijter, A. Faltynkova, S. Kotar, L. Monclus, S. Siddiqui, J. Volker, S. Brander, A.A. Koelmans, C.M. Rochman, M. Wagner, A.C. Mehinto. 2022. A living tool for the continued exploration of microplastic toxicity. Microplastics and Nanoplastics 2:13.

McLaughlin, K., R.D. Mazor, K.C. Schiff, L.M. Thornton Hampton. 2022. Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program: Volume IX. Trash and Marine Debris. Technical Report 1263. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Coffin, S., H. Bouwmeester, S. Brander, P. Damdimopoulou, T. Gouin, L. Hermabessiere, E. Khan, A.A. Koelmans, C.L. Lemieux, K. Teerds, M. Wagner, S.B. Weisberg, S. Wright. 2022. Development and application of a health-based framework for informing regulatory action in relation to exposure of microplastic particles in California drinking water. Microplastics and Nanoplastics 2:1-30.

Coffin, S., S.B. Weisberg. 2022. Understanding health efects pathways and thresholds: flling a critical need to support microplastics management. Microplastics and Nanoplastics 2:11.

De Frond, H., L.M. Thornton Hampton, S. Kotar, K. Gesulga, C. Matuch, W. Lao, S.B. Weisberg, C.S. Wong, C.M. Rochman . 2022. Monitoring microplastics in drinking water: An interlaboratory study to inform effective methods for quantifying and characterizing microplastics. Chemosphere 298:134282.

Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program Sediment Quality Assessment Planning Committee. 2022. Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program Sediment Quality Assessment Synthesis Report. Technical Report 1248. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Elko, N., D. Foster, G. Kleinheinz, B. Raubenheimer, S. Brander, J. Kinzelman, J.P. Kritzer, D. Munroe, C. Storlazzi, M. Sutula, A. Mercer, S. Coffin, C. Fraioli, L. Ginger, E. Morrison, G. Parent-Doliner, C. Akan, A. Canestrelli, M. DiBenedetto, J. Lang, J. Simm. 2022. Human and ecosystem health in coastal systems. Shore & Beach 90:64-91.

Gouin, T., R. Ellis-Hutchings, L.M. Thornton Hampton, C.L. Lemieux, S.L. Wright. 2022. Screening and prioritization of nano- and microplastic particle toxicity studies for evaluating human health risks – development and application of a toxicity study assessment tool. Microplastics and Nanoplastics 2:2.

Hale, T., S.L. Moore, P. Kauhanen, L. Flores, S.B. Weisberg. 2021. California Trash Monitoring Methods and Assessments Playbook. Technical Report 1189. San Francisco Estuary Institute. San Francisco, CA.

Hale, T., S.L. Moore, P. Kauhanen, L. Flores, S.B. Weisberg. 2021. Field Testing Report for the Statewide Trash Monitoring Methods Project. Technical Report 1190. San Francisco Estuary Institute. San Francisco, CA.

Rochman, C.M., S.B. Weisberg, S.L. Moore, A. Whitley. 2020. The Unknowns of Microplastics: We cannot understand what we cannot measure. Applied Spectroscopy 74:966-967.

Wyer, H., D. Polhemus, S.L. Moore, S.B. Weisberg, S. Coffin, C.M. Rochman. 2020. Steps Scientists Can Take to Inform Aquatic Microplastics Management: A Perspective Informed by the California Experience. Applied Spectroscopy 74:971-975.

Martindale, S., S.B. Weisberg, S. Coffin. 2020. Status of Legislation and Regulatory Drivers for Microplastics in California. Technical Report 1133. Horiba. Irvine, CA.

Moore, S.L., M. Sutula, T.V. Bitner, G. Lattin, K.C. Schiff. 2016. Southern California Bight 2013 Regional Monitoring Program: Volume III. Trash and Marine Debris. Technical Report 928. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority. Costa Mesa, CA.

Von Bitner, T., E.D. Stein, L. Protopapadakis, K. Thorsen. 2015. Water Resources: Trash and Debris. Urban Coast 5:29-34.

Weisberg, S.B., K.E. Setty. 2012. Oceanic pollution. in: R.H. Friis (ed.), The Praeger Handbook of Environmental Health - Volume 1: Foundations of the Field pp. 133-154. ABC-CLIO, LLC. Santa Barbara, CA.

Boerger, C.M., G.L. Lattin, S.L. Moore, C.J. Moore. 2010. Plastic ingestion by planktivorous fishes in the North Pacific Gyre. Marine Pollution Bulletin 60:2275-2278.

Allen, M.J., A.K. Groce, D. Diener, J.S. Brown, S.A. Steinert, G. Deets, J.A. Noblet, S.L. Moore, D.W. Diehl, E.T. Jarvis, V. Raco-Rands, C. Thomas, Y. Ralph, R. Gartman, D. Cadien, S.B. Weisberg, T. Mikel. 2002. Southern California Bight 1998 Regional Monitoring Program: V. Demersal fishes and megabenthic invertebrates. Technical Report 380. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Westminster, CA.

Moore, C.J., S.L. Moore, S.B. Weisberg, G.L. Lattin, A.F. Zellers. 2002. A comparison of neustonic plastic and zooplankton abundance in southern California's coastal waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin 44:1035-1038.

Moore, S.L., D. Gregorio, M. Carreon, S.B. Weisberg, M. Leecaster. 2001. Composition and distribution of beach debris in Orange County, California. Marine Pollution Bulletin 42:241-245.

Moore, C.J., S.L. Moore, M.K. Leecaster, S.B. Weisberg. 2001. A comparison of plastic and plankton in the North Pacific Central Gyre. Marine Pollution Bulletin 42:1297-1300.

Moore, S.L., M.J. Allen. 2000. Distribution of Anthropogenic and natural debris on the mainland shelf of Southern California Bight. Marine Pollution Bulletin 40:83-88.