Are litter, plastic and microplastic quantities increasing in the ocean?

Whilst both plastic production and inputs at sea have increased since the 1950s, several modelling studies predict a further increase in the coming years in these respective quantities. We compiled scientific literature on trends in marine litter, consisting largely of plastic and microplastics in t...

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Main Author: Galgani, Francois (author)
Other Authors: Brien, Aleke Stoefen-o (author), Weis, Judith (author), Ioakeimidis, Christos (author), Schuyler, Qamar (author), Makarenko, Iryna (author), Griffiths, Huw (author), Bondareff, Joan (author), Vethaak, Dick (author), Deidun, Alan (author), Sobral, Paula (author), Topouzelis, Konstantinos (author), Vlahos, Penny (author), Lana, Fernanda (author), Hassellov, Martin (author), Gerigny, Olivia (author), Arsonina, Bera (author), Ambulkar, Archis (author), Azzaro, Maurizio (author), Bebianno, Maria João (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Plastic pollution
Marine litter
Microplastics
Trends
Monitoring
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/15232
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/15232

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/15232

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