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Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre.
Description: Plastic marine pollution in the open ocean of the southern hemisphere is largely undocumented. Here scientists report the result of a (4489 km) 2424 nautical mile transect through the South Pacific subtropical gyre, carried out in March-April 2011. Neuston samples were collected at 48 sites, averaging 50 nautical miles apart, using a manta trawl lined with a 333 μm mesh. The transect bisected a predicted accumulation zone associated with the convergence of surface currents, driven by local winds. [Source: Marine Pollution Bulletin]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.12.021
Availability: Summary
Source: Marine Pollution Bulletin
Publish Date: 3/15/2013
Reading Level: Expert
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