A spatially variable scarcity of floating microplastics in the eastern North Pacific Ocean

A spatially variable scarcity of floating microplastics in the eastern North Pacific Ocean

Plastic waste accumulating in the global ocean is an increasingly threatening environmental issue. To date, the floating and thus most visible fraction of ocean plastic pollution has been mapped at global scale. Yet, large knowledge gaps exist in our current understanding of the transport and transf...

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Main Authors: Matthias Egger, Rein Nijhof, Lauren Quiros, Giulia Leone, Sarah-Jeanne Royer, Andrew C McWhirter, Gennady A Kantakov, Vladimir I Radchenko, Evgeny A Pakhomov, Brian P V Hunt, Laurent Lebreton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
marine debris
ocean plastic pollution
microplastics
North Pacific Garbage Patch
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abbb4f

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abbb4f

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