Assessing marine debris in deep seafloor habitats off California

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-138

  Watters, Diana L ^a   Yoklavich, Mary M ^a   Love, Milton S ^b   Schroeder, Donna M ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Continental shelf; Delta submersible; Plastics; Submarine canyons; Video survey

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DELTA SUBMERSIBLE; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE CANYONS;

ECOLOGY; ELASTOMERS; FISHERIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLASTICITY; PLASTICS; SUBMARINES; SUBMERSIBLES; SURVEYS;

DEBRIS;

PLASTIC;

BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HABITAT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; POLLUTION EFFECT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE CANYON;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; FISH; FISHING; HABITAT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; PLASTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 73749083040     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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