The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the western North Atlantic Ocean

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1873-1878

  Morét Ferguson, Skye ^a,b   Law, Kara Lavender ^a   Proskurowski, Giora ^a,b   Murphy, Ellen K ^b   Peacock, Emily E ^b   Reddy, Christopher M ^b  

^a Sea Education Association   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Latitudinal; Marine pollution; Neuston; Plastic debris; Time series

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; DENSITY RANGE; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; LATITUDINAL; MASSACHUSETTS; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; MATERIAL DENSITY; NEUSTON; NORTH ATLANTIC; PLASTIC DEBRIS; PLASTIC PARTICLE; WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLLUTION; THERMOPLASTICS; TIME SERIES;

PLASTICS;

PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE;

BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MASS; NEUSTON; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77957122525     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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