Trends and drivers of marine debris on the Atlantic coast of the United States 1997-2007

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1231-1242

  Ribic, Christine A ^a   Sheavly, Seba B ^b   Rugg, David J ^c   Erdmann, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Sheavly Consultants   (United States)

^c Northern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic coast; Beaches; Marine debris; Monitoring; Trend; United States

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COAST; ATLANTIC COASTS; COASTAL POPULATION; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; CURRENT SYSTEM; FISHING ACTIVITIES; HUMAN POPULATION; LONG-TERM TREND; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; MARINE DEBRIS; REGIONAL SCALE;

BEACHES; FISHERIES; OCEAN CURRENTS;

DEBRIS;

BEACH; DEBRIS FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; REGIONAL PATTERN;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERY; FISHING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; OCEAN CURRENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEA POLLUTION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FORECASTING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BATHING BEACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955425550     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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