Marine litter-fauna interactions: a standardised reporting framework and critical review of the current state of research with a focus on submarine canyons

Litter is ubiquitous in the ocean, interacting with fauna and causing impacts that are unquantified at present. Mainly sourced from land, marine litter is very persistent, and undergoes slow degradation upon settling on the ocean floor. Submarine canyons contain more litter than other oceanographic...

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Main Authors: Alice Lauren Bruemmer, Awantha Dissanayake, Jaime Selina Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1225114/full