Predictable pollution: An assessment of weather balloons and associated impacts on the marine environment - An example for the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 61-68

  O'Shea, Owen R ^a,b   Hamann, Mark ^c   Smith, Walter ^a   Taylor, Heidi ^a  

^a AU   (Australia)

^b CAPE ELEUTHERA INSTITUTE   (Bahamas)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beach cleaning; Dispersal modeling; Latex; Marine debris; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; LATEXES; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEAN CURRENTS; POLLUTION; REEFS;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE AREAS; MARINE DEBRIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MITIGATION STRATEGY; NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATIONS; USE-MODEL;

METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BALLOON OBSERVATION; DISPERSAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MODELING; POLLUTION EFFECT; PROBABILITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEAN CURRENT; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SIMULATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WEATHER BALLOON;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

BEACH CLEANING; DISPERSAL MODELING; LATEX; MARINE DEBRIS; POLLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84893862149     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.12.047     Document Type: Article

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