Tracking the origins of plastic debris across the Coral Sea: A case study from the Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 160-168

  Maes, Christophe ^a   Blanke, Bruno ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UFR SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Coral Sea circulation; Lagrangian dispersion; Meridional drift pathways; Plastic debris pollution; Southwestern Pacific; Transfer times

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLASTIC BOTTLES;

CORAL SEA; LAGRANGIAN DISPERSION; MERIDIONAL DRIFT PATHWAYS; PLASTIC DEBRIS; SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC; TRANSFER TIME;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

MARINE POLLUTION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PLASTIC WASTE; TRACKING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEW CALEDONIA; OCEAN CURRENT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASTIC BOTTLE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SIMULATION; SOLOMON ISLANDS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; HUMAN; MELANESIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CORAL SEA; LOYALTY ISLANDS; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; OUVEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ANTHOZOA;

PLASTIC; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; GARBAGE; HUMANS; MELANESIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW CALEDONIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASTICS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84956580083     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.06.022     Document Type: Article

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