Marine litter distribution and density in European seas, from the shelves to deep basins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Pham, Christopher K ^a,b   Ramirez Llodra, Eva ^c,d   Alt, Claudia H S ^e   Amaro, Teresa ^d   Bergmann, Melanie ^f   Canals, Miquel ^g   Company, Joan B ^c   Davies, Jaime ^h   Duineveld, Gerard ⁱ   Galgani, François ^j   Howell, Kerry L ^h   Huvenne, Veerle A I ^k   Isidro, Eduardo ^a,b   Jones, Daniel O B ^k   Lastras, Galderic ^g   Morato, Telmo ^a,b   Gomes Pereira, José Nuno ^a,b   Purser, Autun ^l   Stewart, Heather ^m   Tojeira, Inês ⁿ   Tubau, Xavier ^g   Van Rooij, David ^o   Tyler, Paul A ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^j IFREMER   (France)

^k NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^l JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^m BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Portuguese Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf (EMEPC)   (Portugal)

^o GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; METAL; PLASTIC; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FISHING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LITTER DENSITY; LITTER DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; VIDEORECORDING; WASTE; EUROPE; WATER POLLUTANT;

EUROPE; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84899743940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095839     Document Type: Article

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