Anthropogenic marine debris in the coastal environment: A multi-year comparison between coastal waters and local shores

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 307-316

  Thiel, M ^a,b   Hinojosa, I A ^a,c   Miranda, L ^a   Pantoja, J F ^a   Rivadeneira, M M ^a,b   Vasquez N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic marine debris; Coastal waters; Local shores; Plastics; SE Pacific

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL WATERS; HIGH DENSITY; LOCAL SHORES; LOCAL SOURCE; MARINE DEBRIS; SANDY BEACH; SEASONAL PATTERNS;

ELASTOMERS; PLASTICS;

DEBRIS;

GLASS; METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE;

ARTICLE; CHILE; COASTAL WATERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); PAPER; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLASTICS; SEAWATER; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

CHILE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 84878666105     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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