Long-term marine litter monitoring in the remote Great Australian Bight, South Australia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1060-1075

  Edyvane, K S ^a,c   Dalgetty, A ^a   Hone, P W ^b   Higham, J S ^a   Wace, N M ^d  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Fish R and D Corporation   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Fishing debris; Great Australian Bight; Marine litter; Marine monitoring; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CONDITION MONITORING; FISHERIES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS; WASTES; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; OCEAN-BASED LITTER; REMOTENESS; SHIP-BASED LITTER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FISHING; LITTER; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERY; FISHING; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REDUCTION; REVIEW; SEA; SEASHORE; SHIPPING;

GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT; INDIAN OCEAN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; JASUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; LOBSTER;

EID: 2542463152     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.12.012     Document Type: Article

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