Marine litter on deep Arctic seafloor continues to increase and spreads to the North at the HAUSGARTEN observatory

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 120, Issue , 2017, Pages 88-99

  Tekman, Mine B ^a   Krumpen, Thomas ^a   Bergmann, Melanie ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; Deep sea; Image analysis; Litter Megafaunal encounters; Marine litter; Observatory; Photo video system; Plastic; Time series

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC VEHICLES; CRASHWORTHINESS; ECOSYSTEMS; ELASTOMERS; FISHERIES; FISHING VESSELS; ICE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATORIES; PLASTICS; SEA ICE; SHIPS; TIME SERIES;

ARCTIC; DEEP SEA; LITTER-MEGAFAUNAL ENCOUNTERS; MARINE LITTER; PHOTO/VIDEO SYSTEM;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BIOACCUMULATION; DEEP SEA; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITTER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OBSERVATORY; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; LONGYEARBYEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 85009373484     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2016.12.011     Document Type: Article

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