The pollution of the marine environment by plastic debris: a review

2002/09/01 by José G. B. Derraik, José G.B Derraik · 11 citations
Engineering · Environmental Science · #Biology #Debris #Ecology #Engineering #Environmental protection #Environmental science #Geology #Litter #Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry #Marine debris #Marine pollution #Microplastics #Microplastics and Plastic Pollution #Oceanography #Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts #Plastic pollution #Plastic waste #Pollution #Scrubber #Waste management

paper · doi:10.1016/s0025-326x(02)00220-5

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• Incidence of plastic in seabirds from the tropical pacific, 1984–1991: Relation with distribution of species, sex, age, season, year and body weight
• Plastic Particle Pollution of the Surface of the Atlantic Ocean: Evidence from a Seabird

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