Floating debris in the Mediterranean Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 494-504

  Suaria, Giuseppe ^a   Aliani, Stefano ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Floating debris; Marine litter; Mediterranean; Plastic pollution

Indexed keywords

MARINE POLLUTION; SURVEYS;

ALGERIAN BASIN; ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; LARGE SCALE SURVEYS; MARINE LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS;

DEBRIS;

PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; WASTE;

ALGA; ANTHROPOGENIC MARINE DEBRIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NATURAL MARINE DEBRIS; SEA POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANT; WEATHER; WIND; WOOD; ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHY; WASTE; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLASTICS; POLYSTYRENES; SOFTWARE; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84922647752     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.025     Document Type: Article

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