Modeling marine surface microplastic transport to assess optimal removal locations

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sherman, Peter ^a   Van Sebille, Erik ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

microplastic; ocean circulation; ocean gyre; phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; FISHERIES; LOCATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

BUOY OBSERVATIONS; CAPTURE EFFICIENCY; GARBAGE PATCHES; MARINE SURFACES; MICROPLASTIC; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN GYRES; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ARCHIPELAGO; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; GROWTH RATE; GYRE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLLUTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SATELLITE; SEA SURFACE;

CALIFORNIA; CHINA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; INDONESIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84956611139     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/1/014006     Document Type: Article

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