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Pathways of marine debris derived from trajectories of Lagrangian drifters

Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2011 · Vol. 65(1-3) · pp. 51–62

Nikolai Maximenko✉(Pacific International Center for High Technology Research)Jan Hafner(University of Hawaii System)Peter Niiler(University of California, San Diego)

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Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Marine and coastal ecosystems Coral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesDrifterDivergence (linguistics)LagrangianMarine debrisEnvironmental scienceSatellite trackingSpatial distributionDebrisOceanographyGeology

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Environmental MonitoringKineticsModels, TheoreticalWater MovementsWater PollutantsSpacecraftRemote Sensing Technology

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