Publications

Journal Papers

  1. Park, J., C.W. Babbitt, N.C. Eddingsaas, A.C. Tyler, and T. Trabold (2026). Characterization of plastic contamination entering food waste management and implications for food system impacts Environ. Res.: Food Syst. 3 035010. doi: 10.1088/2976-601X/ae7a76.

  2. Hoffman, M. J. and M. H. DiBenedetto (2026). How size-dependent settling can both bias and inform microplastics observations. Environmental Research Communications, 8 (6), 065061. DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/ae76df

  3. Zhu, X., K. L. Law, and M. J. Hoffman (2026). Comparison of inventories of plastic in different global marine reservoirs. Environmental Research Letters, 21 (12), 123002. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae74e5

  4. Langenfeld, D., C. Veneruzzo, R. N. Cable, K. Wang, C. M. Rochman, M. D. Rennie, M. J. Hoffman, D. M. Orihel, J. F. Provencher, S. N. Higgins, and M. J. Paterson (2026). Microplastics with and without chemical additives modestly affected phytoplankton and zooplankton in a large in-lake mesocosm study. Environ Toxicol Chem. doi: 10.1093/etojnl/vgag125

  5. Covernton, G. A., M. Ghosh, L. Hermabessiere, K. Bucci, D. Langenfeld, R. McNamee, C. Veneruzzo, M. J. Hoffman, D. M. Orihel, M. J. Paterson, J. F. Provencher, M. D. Rennie, and C. M. Rochman (2026). Microplastics reach organs outside the gastrointestinal tract of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) following long-term exposure in large, in-lake mesocosms. Contaminants, Environment, and Society, 1. doi: 10.1139/ces-2025-0002 

  6. Lazcano, R. F., E. Johnson, S. N. Higgins, K. Bucci, R. McNamee, C. Veneruzzo, D. Langenfeld, D. M. Orihel, M. D. Rennie, M. J. Hoffman, M. J. Paterson, J. F. Provencher, C. M. Rochman, and T. J. Hoellein (2026). Microplastic addition has no detectable effect on ecosystem metabolism or diel dinitrogen flux in a large in-lake mesocosm experiment under oligotrophic conditions. Limnology and Oceanography, 71 (5), e70392. doi: 10.1002/lno.70392

  7. Whitney, A L., K.M. Chomiak, C.W. Babbitt, N.C. Eddingsaas, and A.C. Tyler (2025). Microplastic abundance and characterization in the anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and dairy manure. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 9:1666814. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2025.1666814

  8. Castillo, E.F., K.S. Korfmacher, and A.C. Tyler (2025). Invited Perspective: Should You Scrap Your Plastic Cutting Board? Environ Health Perspect; 133(3-4): 41302. doi: 10.1289/EHP17049. 

  9. Rochman, C. M., D. Langenfeld, R. N. Cable, G. A. Covernton, L. Hermabessiere, R. McNamee, C. Veneruzzo, K. Munno, M. Omer, M. J. Paterson, M. D. Rennie, R. Rooney, M. B. Duhaime, K. M. Jeffries, B. McMeans, D. Orihel, M. J. Hoffman, and J. F. Provencher (2025). Where Is All the Plastic? How Microplastic Partitions across Environmental Compartments within a Large Pelagic In-Lake Mesocosm. Environmental Science & Technology 59 (19): 9768–78. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c01441.

  10. Hoffman, M.J., J. Daily, and A. C. Tyler (2025). Plastic input, transport, and fate in the ocean. Plastics in the Sea: Occurrence and Impact. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822324-6.00013-X.

  11. Castillo, E. F., K. S. Korfmacher, and A. C. Tyler (2025). “Invited Perspective: Should You Scrap Your Plastic Cutting Board?” Environmental Health Perspectives 133 (3–4): 041302. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP17049.

  12. Hernandez-Charpak, Y.D., H.J. Kansara, J.S. Lodge, N.C. Eddingsaas, C.L. Lewis, T.A. Trabold, and C.A. Diaz (2025). Quantitative methodology for poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) microplastic detection in soil and compost. Environ Sci Pollut Res. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-35978-4

  13. Langenfeld, D., K. Bucci., C. Veneruzzo, R. McNamee, G. Gao, G.; C.M. Rochman, M.D. Rennie, M.J. Hoffman, D.M. Orihel, J.F. Provencher, S.N. Higgins, M.J. Paterson (2024). Microplastics at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations Had Minimal Impacts on Pelagic Zooplankton Communities in a Large In-Lake Mesocosm Experiment. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c05327.

  14. Gilbert, D.S., B.A. Hayhurst, S.Grubisich, N. Schneider, O. Martin, C. DeNyse, K.M. Chomiak, A.C. Tyler, and N.C. Eddingsaas (2024). A bellwether for microplastic in wetland catchments in the Great Lakes region. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 50(5), 102411, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102411.

  15. Chomiak, K.M., W.A. Owens-Rios, C.M. Bangkong, S.W. Day, N.C. Eddingsaas, M.J. Hoffman, A.O. Hudson, and A.C. Tyler (2024). Impact of Microplastic on Freshwater Sediment Biogeochemistry and Microbial Communities Is Polymer Specific. Water. 2024; 16(2):348. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16020348

  16. Schwenger, K.J.P., Y. Ghorbani, S. Bharatselvam, L. Chen, K.M. Chomiak, A.C. Tyler, N.C. Eddingsaas, S.E. Fischer, T.D. Jackson, A.Okrainec, and J.P. Allard (2024). Links between fecal microplastics and parameters related to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in humans: An exploratory study. Science of The Total Environment. 953, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176153.

  17. Covernton, G., A. Metherel, B.C. McMeans, K. Bucci, D. Langenfeld, R. McNamee, C. Veneruzzo, M.J. Hoffman, D.M. Orihel, M.J. Paterson, J. Provencher, M.D. Rennie, and C.M. Rochman. Increasing microplastic exposure had minimal effects on fatty acid composition in zooplankton and yellow perch in a large, in-lake mesocosm experiment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Just-IN  doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2024-0149.

  18. Rochman, C. M., K. Bucci, D. Langenfeld, R. McNamee, C. Veneruzzo, G. A. Covernton, G. H. Y. Gao, M. Ghosh, R. N. Cable, L. Hermabessiere, R. Lazcano, M. J. Paterson, M. D. Rennie, R. C. Rooney, P. Helm, M. B. Duhaime, T. Hoellein, K. M. Jeffries, M. J. Hoffman, D. M. Orihel, and J. F. Provencher (2024). Informing the Exposure Landscape: The Fate of Microplastics in a Large Pelagic In-Lake Mesocosm Experiment. Environmental Science & Technology Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c08990

  19. Zhu, X., M. J. Hoffman, and C. M. Rochman (2024). A City-Wide Emissions Inventory of Plastic Pollution. Environmental Science & Technology, 58 (7), 3375-3385 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c04348

  20. McIlwraith, H.K., M. Dias, D. M. Orihel, M. D. Rennie, A. L. Harrison, M. J. Hoffman, J. F. Provencher, and C. M. Rochman (2024), A Multicompartment Assessment of Microplastic Contamination in Semi-remote Boreal Lakes. Environ Toxicol Chem. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5832

  21. Chomiak, K.M., N.C. Eddingsaas, and A.C. Tyler (2023). Direct and Indirect Impacts of Disposable Face Masks and Gloves on Freshwater Benthic Fauna and Sediment Biogeochemistry. ACS EST Water 2023, 3, 1, 51–59.

  22. Wang, J., K. Bucci, P. Helm, T. Hoellein, M.J. Hoffman, R. Rooney, & C. Rochman (2022). Runoff and discharge pathways of microplastics into freshwater ecosystems: A systematic review and meta‑analysis. FACETS, 7, 1473–1492. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets‑2022‑0140.

  23. Parthasarathy, A., R.R. Miranda, N.C. Eddingsaas, J. Chu, I.M. Freezman, A.C. Tyler, and A.O. Hudson (2022). Polystyrene Degradation by Exiguobacterium sp. RIT 594: Preliminary Evidence for a Pathway Containing an Atypical Oxygenase. Microorganisms. 10, 1619.

  24. Daily, J., A. C. Tyler, and M.J. Hoffman (2022). Modeling three-dimensional transport of and impacts of biofouling in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. J. Great Lakes Res. 45 (5).

  25. Daily, J., V. Onink, C.E. Jongedijk, C. Laufkotter, and M.J. Hoffman (2022). Incorporating terrain specific beaching within a Lagrangian transport plastics model for Lake Erie. Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 1(1), 19.

  26. Onink, V, C. Jongedijk, M.J. Hoffman, E. Van Sebille, and C. Laufkotter (2021). Global simulations of marine plastic transport show plastic trapping in coastal zones. Environmental Research Letters, 16(6), 064053.

  27. Daily, J. and M.J. Hoffman. 2020. Modeling the three-dimensional transport and distribution of multiple microplastic polymer types in Lake Erie. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 154, doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111024.

  28. 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., Martinez‐Vicente, V., Morales Maqueda, M. A., 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. Environmental Research Reviews. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab6d7d]

  29. Mason, S.A., J. Daily, G. Aleid, R. Ricotta, M. Smith, K. Donnelly, R. Knauff, W. Edwards, and M.J. Hoffman. 2020. High levels of pelagic plastic pollution within the surface waters of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research, Online 12 Jan. 2020, doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2019.12.012.

  30. Parthasarathy, A., A.C. Tyler, M.J. Hoffman, M.A. Savka, and A.O. Hudson. 2019. Is Plastic Pollution in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments a Driver for the Transmission of Pathogens and the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance? Environ. Sci. Technol. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b07287.

  31. M.J. Hoffman and E. Hittinger. 2017. Inventory and transport of plastic debris in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 115, 1-2, 273-281. [Preprint]

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