Monitoring the abundance of plastic debris in the marine environment

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Summary

Monitoring waste disposal on ships and plastic debris levels in rivers and storm-water runoff is useful because it identifies the main sources of plastic debris entering the sea and can direct mitigation efforts.

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review
Published
2009-07-27
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Keywords

Marine debris, Debris, Environmental science, Abundance (ecology), Microplastics

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