Scales of spatial heterogeneity of plastic marine debris in the northeast Pacific Ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Goldstein, Miriam C ^a,d   Titmus, Andrew J ^b,e   Ford, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d California Sea Grant   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GARBAGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84894343828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080020     Document Type: Article

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