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Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre
Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2013 · Vol. 68(1-2) · pp. 71–76
Marcus Eriksen✉(Spaulding Hospital)Nikolai Maximenko(Pacific International Center for High Technology Research)Martín Thiel(Universidad Católica del Norte)Anna CumminsGwen LattinStiv WilsonJan Hafner(University of Hawaii System)Ann ZellersSamuel Rifman
Microplastics and Plastic PollutionRecycling and Waste Management TechniquesMunicipal Solid Waste ManagementOcean gyreSubtropicsPlastic pollutionOceanographyPollutionEnvironmental scienceMarine pollutionMicroplasticsGeographyGeology
MeSH terms
Environmental MonitoringPacific OceanPlasticsSeawaterWaste ProductsWater MovementsWater PollutantsWater Pollution
Funding
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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