Publications

The Plastics Project Handbook: A youth centered and co-designed curriculum for realizing change and environmental care amid the plastics crisis. 2024. Fowler, K., McDonald, M., Harris, L., and Cordero Romero, F.

Hamburger Safari: Youth Scientists Document and Devour Data. 2024. NOAA Marine Debris Program Blog. Fowler, K., L. Harris, and M. McDonald.

Fennell, J., A. Olsen, V. Padula, N. Linck, A. Lind, L. Newton, E. Carrington, T. Silman, and L. Harris. 2024. Persistent Plastic: Insights from Seawater Weathering and Simulated Whale Gut. Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Harris, L., S. Phan, D. DiMarco, J. Padilla-Gamino, C. Luscombe, and E. Carrington. 2023. Microparticles in marine mussels at regional and localized scales across the Salish Sea, WA. Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Scientists test alternative plastics as part of the TOM FORD Plastic Innovation Prize. Seattle Aquarium Blog. 2022. L. Harris.

Harris, L., J. Fennell, R. Fales, and E. Carrington. 2021c. Spatial-temporal growth, distribution, and diffusion of marine microplastic research and national plastic policies. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution.

Microplastic pollution along Seattle’s waterfront: Effects of pandemic detected. Seattle Aquarium Blog. 2021. L. Harris.

Harris, L., L. La Beur, A. Olsen, A. Smith, L. Eggers, E. Pedersen, J. Van Brocklin, S. Brander, and S. Larson. 2021b. Temporal variability of microplastics under the Seattle Aquarium, WA: Documenting the global Covid-19 pandemic. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Harris, L., H. Gill, and E. Carrington. 2021a. Microplastic changes the sinking and resuspension rates of marine mussel biodeposits. Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Microplastics and mussel poops. Friday Harbor Labs Tide Bites. 2021. L. Harris.

Harris, L. and E. Carrington, 2019. Impact of microplastic vs natural abiotic particles on the clearance rate of a marine mussel. Limnology and Oceanography.