Floating marine debris surface drift: Convergence and accumulation toward the South Pacific subtropical gyre

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1347-1355

  Martinez, Elodie ^a,b   Maamaatuaiahutapu, Keitapu ^a   Taillandier, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Accumulation area; Convergence zone; Floating marine debris; Lagrangian drift; Satellite data; Surface currents

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION AREA; CONVERGENCE ZONE; FLOATING MARINE DEBRIS; LAGRANGIAN DRIFT; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE CURRENTS;

DEBRIS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SATELLITES; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS; WIND STRESS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

SURFACE WATER;

ADVECTION; CONVERGENCE; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WIND STRESS;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEAN CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION; WATER POLLUTION; WIND; WOOD DEBRIS;

GEOGRAPHY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 69049108653     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.04.022     Document Type: Article

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