Ocean sediments as the global sink for marine micro‐ and mesoplastics
Abstract About 15 Tg of plastic are estimated to enter the ocean yearly, with this figure growing exponentially every year. Assessments of floating marine plastic amount to 0.2% of the expected plastic stock, implying that 99.8% is stored in a sink yet to be identified. Marine sediments are believed...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2022-06-01
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| Series: | Limnology and Oceanography Letters |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10257 |