Increase of litter at the Arctic deep-sea observatory HAUSGARTEN

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2734-2741

  Bergmann, Melanie ^a   Klages, Michael ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; Deep sea; Image analysis; Marine litter; Plastic; Time series

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; DEEP OCEAN; DEEP SEA; MARINE LITTER; SEA ANEMONES; SEA FLOOR; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATORIES; PLASTICS; SEA ICE; TIME SERIES;

BUILDINGS;

PLASTIC;

DEEP SEA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITTER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OBSERVATORY; PLASTIC; SEAFLOOR; SPONGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; SEA POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

ACTINIARIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870246957     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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