Estimates of marine debris accumulation on beaches are strongly affected by the temporal scale of sampling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Smith, Stephen D A ^a   Markic, Ana ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; MARINE DEBRIS ACCUMULATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TIME;

AUSTRALIA; BATHING BEACHES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84893193147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083694     Document Type: Article

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