Marine debris surveys at Volunteer Beach, Falkland Islands, during the summer of 2001/02

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1534-1539

  Otley, Helen ^a   Ingham, Rebecca ^a  

^a Falklands Conservation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Falkland islands; Fishing industry; Management; Marine debris; Southern ocean

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DEBRIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; FISHING VESSELS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

MARINE DEBRIS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; GLASS; METAL; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE;

BEACH; FISHING INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

COTTON; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EQUIPMENT; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); FISHERY; FISHING; HOUSEHOLD; POLLUTION MONITORING; REVIEW; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SHIP; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0345688012     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00314-X     Document Type: Article

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