Marine litter on the floor of deep submarine canyons of the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea: The role of hydrodynamic processes

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 379-403

  Tubau, Xavier ^a   Canals, Miquel ^a   Lastras, Galderic ^a   Rayo, Xavier ^a   Rivera, Jesus ^b   Amblas, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; FISHERIES; FISHING (OIL WELLS); FLOORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAMMALS; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEAN DUMPING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SUBMARINES; UNDERWATER STRUCTURES;

DENSE SHELF-WATER CASCADING; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; HIGH-ENERGY EVENTS; HYDRODYNAMIC PROCESS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NORTH-WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEAS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES (ROV); TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; LITTER; MASS TRANSPORT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE CANYON; WATER DEPTH;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

ANTHOZOA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 84928761649     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.03.013     Document Type: Article

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