Dr. Mirco Haseler

2026

• Escobar-Sánchez, G., J. Weischedel, E. Robbe, M. Haseler, L. El Fels, L. B. Abdallah, G. Hassan, F. M’hiri, P. Hense and G. Schernewski (2026). Assessing the potential, effectiveness and implementation challenges of beach and tourism ecolabels for beach macrolitter reduction. Discov. Sustain. 7: 1265, doi: 10.1007/s43621-026-03553-7
• Gontarek-Castro, E., M. Haseler, M.-M. Narra, A. Gołąbiewska and P. Jutrzenka Trzebiatowska (2026). Utilization routes of plastic waste from the marine environment: a review. Waste Manage. 210: 115221, doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2025.115221
• Haseler, M. and G. Mihut (2026). Two years of daily monitoring of floating macro-litter at the River-Sea interface: Aarhus River, Denmark. Mar. Poll. Bull. 222: 118913, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118913

2025

• Haseler, M., L. Ben Abdallah, L. El Fels, B. El Hayany, G. Hassan, G. Escobar-Sánchez, E. Robbe, M. von Thenen, A. Loukili, M. Abd El-Raouf, F. Mhiri, A. A. El-Bary, G. Schernewski and A. Nassour (2025). Assessment of beach litter pollution in Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco: a study of macro and meso-litter on Mediterranean beaches. Environ. Monit. Assess. 197: 123, doi: 10.1007/s10661-024-13517-x
• Robbe, E., L. B. Abdallah, L. El Fels, N. E. H. Chaher, M. Haseler, F. Mhiri and G. Schernewski (2025). Correction: Robbe et al. Towards Solving the Beach Litter Problem: Ecosystem Service Assessments at North African Coasts. Sustainability 2024, 16, 5911. Sustainability 17: 212, doi: 10.3390/su17010212
• Slimane, E. B., M. Haseler, L. Ben Abdallah, F. Mhiri, A. Nassour and G. Schernewski (2025). Efficient Beach Litter Monitoring: Accelerated Surveys of Pollution Hotspots—A North African Case Study. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 13: 71, doi: 10.3390/jmse13010071
• von Thenen, M., M. von Loh, E. Robbe, L. B. Abdallah, G. Escobar-Sánchez, M. Haseler, F. M’hiri and G. Schernewski (2025). Beach Wrack on Baltic and Mediterranean Sea Beaches: Litter Pollution and Management Perspectives. Estuar. Coast. 48: 61, doi: 10.1007/s12237-025-01497-1

2024

• Robbe, E., L. B. Abdallah, L. El Fels, N. E. H. Chaher, M. Haseler, F. Mhiri and G. Schernewski (2024). Towards solving the beach litter problem: Ecosystem service assessments at North African coasts. Sustainability 16: 5911, doi: 10.3390/su16145911
• Schernewski, G., G. Escobar Sánchez, S. Felsing, M. Gatel Rebours, M. Haseler, R. Hauk, X. Lange and S. Piehl (2024). Emission, transport and retention of floating marine macro-litter (plastics): The Role of Baltic harbor and sailing festivals. Sustainability 16: 1220, doi: 10.3390/su16031220

2023

• MSFD Technical Group on Marine Litter, F. Galgani, L. F. Ruiz-Orejón, F. Ronchi, K. Tallec, E. K. Fischer, M. Matiddi, A. Anastasopoulou, E. Andresmaa, M. Angiolillo, M. Bakker Paiva, A. M. Booth, N. Buhhalko, B. Cadiou, F. Clarò, P. Consoli, G. Darmon, S. Deudero, D. Fleet, T. Fortibuoni, M. C. Fossi, J. Gago, O. Gérigny, A. Giorgetti, D. González-Fernández, N. Guse, M. Haseler, C. Ioakeimidis, U. Kammann, S. Kühn, C. Lacroix, I. Lips, A. L. Loza, M. E. Molina Jack, K. Norén, M. Papadoyannakis, H. Pragnel-Raasch, A. Rindorf, M. Ruiz, O. Setälä, M. Schulz, M. Schultze, C. Silvestri, L. Soederberg, E. Stoica, M. Storr-Paulsen, J. Strand, T. Valente, J. Franeker, W. Loon, M. Vighi, M. Vinci, T. Vlachogianni, A. Volckaert, S. Weiel, B. Wenneker, S. Werner, C. Zeri, P. Zorzo and G. Hanke (2023). Guidance on the Monitoring of Marine Litter in European Seas - An update to improve the harmonised monitoring of marine litter under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. 978-9268-04093-5, doi: 10.2760/59137
• Schernewski, G., G. Escobar Sánchez, P. Wandersee, X. Lange, M. Haseler and A. Nassour (2023). Marine Macro-Litter (Plastic) Pollution of German and North African Marina and City-Port Sea Floors. Appl. Sci.-Basel 13: 11424, doi: 10.3390/app132011424

2022

• Escobar Sáchez, G., E. Robbe, A. Baccar Chaabane, M. Haseler and G. Schernewski (2022). Mitigation measures for macroplastics in coastal zones: a critical assessment of biodegradable materials. In: 16th International Conference Littoral22 Book of Abstracts. Ed. by J. C. Ferreira, M. Ferreira, C. Jóia Santos and C. Macedo Duarte. Caparica,  Portugal: NOVA School of Science and Technology | FCT NOVA: 213-214, 978-972- 99923-6-0
• Gyraite, G., M. Haseler, A. Balčiūnas, V. Sabaliauskaitė, G. Martin, G. Reisalu and G. Schernewski (2022). A new monitoring strategy of large micro-, meso- and macro-litter: A case study on sandy beaches of baltic lagoons and estuaries. Environ. Manage.: online, doi: 10.1007/s00267-022-01755-z
• Haseler, M., M. v. Thenen, E. Robbe, G. Escobar Sáchez, L. Ben Abdallah, G. Hassan and G. Schernewski (2022). Marine litter monitoring on North African beaches of the Mediterranean Sea. In: 16th International Conference Littoral22 Book of Abstracts. Ed. by J. C. Ferreira, M. Ferreira, C. Jóia Santos and C. Macedo Duarte. Caparica,  Portugal: NOVA School of Science and Technology | FCT NOVA: 53-54, 978-972- 99923-6-0

2021

• Escobar-Sánchez, G., M. Haseler, N. Oppelt and G. Schernewski (2021). Efficiency of aerial drones for macrolitter monitoring on Baltic Sea beaches. Front. Environ. Sci. 8: 560237, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.560237
• Esiukova, E., O. Lobchuk, M. Haseler and I. Chubarenko (2021). Microplastic contamination of sandy beaches of national parks, protected and recreational areas in southern parts of the Baltic Sea. Mar. Poll. Bull. 173: 113002, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113002

2020

• Chubarenko, I., E. Esiukova, L. Khatmullina, O. Lobchuk, A. Grave, A. Kileso and M. Haseler (2020). From macro to micro, from patchy to uniform: Analyzing plastic contamination along and across a sandy tide-less coast. Mar. Poll. Bull. 156: 111198, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111198
• Esiukova, E., L. Khatmullina, O. Lobchuk, A. Grave, A. Kileso, M. Haseler, A. Zyubin and I. Chubarenko (2020). From macro to micro: dataset on plastic contamination along and across a sandy tide-less coast (the Curonian Spit, the Baltic Sea). Data in Brief 30: 105635, doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105635
• Haseler, M., A. Balciunas, R. Hauk, V. Sabaliauskaite, I. Chubarenko, A. Ershova and G. Schernewski (2020). Marine litter pollution in Baltic Sea beaches – application of the sand rake method. Front. Environ. Sci. 8: 599978, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.599978
• Kataržytė, M., A. Balčiūnas, M. Haseler, V. Sabaliauskaitė, L. Lauciūtė, K. Stepanova, C. Nazzari and G. Schernewski (2020). Cigarette butts on Baltic Sea beaches: Monitoring, pollution and mitigation measures. Mar. Poll. Bull. 156: 111248, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111248

2019

• Haseler, M. (2019). Hier und da und überall - Plastik in der marinen Umwelt. In: Weltmeere im Wandel. Ed. by B. Ratter. Hamburg: (Hamburger Symposium Geographie; Band 10) 10: 29-44, https://www.geo.uni-hamburg.de/geographie/ueber-das-institut/schriftenreihe/hamburger-symposium-geographie.html
• Haseler, M., C. Weder, L. Buschbeck, S. Wesnigk and G. Schernewski (2019). Cost-effective monitoring of large micro- and meso-litter in tidal and flood accumulation zones at south-western Baltic Sea beaches. Mar. Poll. Bull. 149: 110544, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110544
• Piehl, S., R. Hauk, E. Robbe, F. Klaeger, M. Haseler, M. Labrenz and G. Schernewski (2019). Mikroplastik in der Umwelt - Eintrag, Verbleib und Konsequenzen. In: Emissionsminderung von Punktquellen im ländlichen Raum : 12. Rostocker Abwassertagung am 10. September 2019 an der Universität Rostock : Tagungsband Rostock: Universität Rostock (Schriftenreihe Umweltingenieurwesen): 104-115, http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00002583

2018

• Haseler, M., G. Schernewski, A. Balciunas and V. Sabaliauskaite (2018). Monitoring methods for large micro- and meso-litter and applications at Baltic beaches. J. Coast. Conserv. 22: 27-50, doi: 10.1007/s11852-017-0497-5
• Schernewski, G., A. Balciunas, D. Gräwe, U. Gräwe, K. Klesse, M. Schulz, S. Wesnigk, D. Fleet, M. Haseler, N. Möllman and S. Werner (2018). Beach macro-litter monitoring on southern Baltic beaches: results, experiences and recommendations. J. Coast. Conserv. 22: 5-25, doi: 10.1007/s11852-016-0489-x

2016

• Gräwe, D., M. Haseler and G. Schernewski (2016). Meeresmüll an deutschen Ostseestränden. Wasser u. Abfall 18: 12-17