Abundance and environmental drivers of anthropogenic litter on 5 Lake Michigan beaches: A study facilitated by citizen science data collection

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-86

  Hoellein, Timothy J ^a   Westhoven, Meagan ^a   Lyandres, Olga ^b   Cross, Jamie ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Alliance for the Great Lakes   (United States)

^c Alliance for the Great Lakes   (United States)

Author keywords

Garbage; Great Lakes; Land use; Marine debris; Trash

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CLEANING; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEWAGE;

CITIZEN SCIENCE; GARBAGE; GREAT LAKES; HUMAN POPULATION; MARINE DEBRIS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SEASONAL PATTERNS; TRASH;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BEACH; DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION; HABITAT TYPE; LAND USE; LITTER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MOVEMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN;

EID: 84923586230     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.12.015     Document Type: Article

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