Plastic accumulation in the Mediterranean sea.

Concentrations of floating plastic were measured throughout the Mediterranean Sea to assess whether this basin can be regarded as a great accumulation region of plastic debris. We found that the average density of plastic (1 item per 4 m2), as well as its frequency of occurrence (100% of the sites s...

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Main Authors: Andrés Cózar, Marina Sanz-Martín, Elisa Martí, J Ignacio González-Gordillo, Bárbara Ubeda, José Á Gálvez, Xabier Irigoien, Carlos M Duarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121762