Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 71-76

  Eriksen, Marcus ^a   Maximenko, Nikolai ^b   Thiel, Martin ^c   Cummins, Anna ^a   Lattin, Gwen ^d   Wilson, Stiv ^a   Hafner, Jan ^b   Zellers, Ann ^d   Rifman, Samuel ^d  

^a 5 Gyres Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^d Algalita Marine Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Microplastics; Ocean modeling; Plastic marine pollution; South Pacific gyre

Indexed keywords

GARBAGE PATCHES; MICROPLASTICS; OCEAN MODELING; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS; SOUTH PACIFIC GYRE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; SURFACE CURRENT;

FISHERIES; MARINE POLLUTION; NAVIGATION;

POLLUTION;

PLASTIC;

BIOACCUMULATION; GYRE; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLASTICS; SEAWATER; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

MANTA;

EID: 84875279456     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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