Assessment of marine debris on the Belgian Continental Shelf.
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Summary
In terms of weight, macrodebris still dominates the pollution of beaches, but in the water column and in the seafloor microplastics appear to be of higher importance: here, microplastic weight is approximately 100 times and 400 times higher, respectively, than macro debris weight.
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- article
- Published
- 2013-08-15
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- 200
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Keywords
Continental shelf, Debris, Oceanography, Marine debris, Geology
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