Baseline for beached marine debris on Sand Island, Midway Atoll

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1726-1729

  Ribic, Christine A ^a   Sheavly, Seba B ^b   Klavitter, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Sheavly Consultants   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline; Beaches; Marine debris; Midway atoll; Plastic; United states

Indexed keywords

BASELINE; LARGE-SCALE EVENT; MARINE DEBRIS; MIDWAY ATOLL; NORTH PACIFIC; PLASTIC MATERIALS; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; UNITED STATES;

BEACHES; PLASTICS; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

DEBRIS;

PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE;

BASELINE SURVEY; BEACH; GYRE; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BEACHED MARINE DEBRIS; BEVERAGE; DOMESTIC WASTE; FISHING; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIPPING; WATER POLLUTANT; WEIGHT;

BATHING BEACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAWAII; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLASTICS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

MIDWAY ATOLL; MIDWAY ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864135144     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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