Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stranded Intertidal Marine Debris: Is There a Picture of Global Change?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7082-7094

  Browne, Mark Anthony ^a,b   Chapman, M Gee ^c   Thompson, Richard C ^d   Amaral Zettler, Linda A ^e   Jambeck, Jenna ^f   Mallos, Nicholas J ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f University of Georgia   (United States)

^g Ocean Conservancy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; WIND;

CLIMATIC CHANGES; COASTAL HABITATS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; LARGE-SCALE PROGRAMS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; SCIENTIFIC PAPERS; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS;

SPACE DEBRIS;

RAIN; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GUIDELINE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; SALT MARSH; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; TIME; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERNATIONALITY; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84935014951     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5060572     Document Type: Review

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