Coastal Garbage Patches: Fronts Accumulate Plastic Films at Ashmore Reef Marine Park (Pulau Pasir), Australia

Coastal Garbage Patches: Fronts Accumulate Plastic Films at Ashmore Reef Marine Park (Pulau Pasir), Australia

Millions of tons of buoyant plastic materials enter oceans annually, the majority originating from terrestrial sources and transported to oceans where oceanographic processes disperse or accumulate them. Some of these materials beach while others accumulate in convergent zones in coastal seas and th...

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Main Authors: Sara Hajbane, Bruna Calmanovici, Julia Reisser, Adam Jolly, Vyvyan Summers, Francesco Ferrari, Anas Ghadouani, Charitha Pattiaratchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
fronts
plastic pollution
marine debris
garbage patch
films
coastal hotspot
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.613399/full

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