Rapid increase in Asian bottles in the South Atlantic Ocean indicates major debris inputs from ships.


Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
ISSN: 1091-6490
Titre abrégé: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7505876

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
15 10 2019
Historique:
pubmed: 2 10 2019
medline: 31 3 2020
entrez: 2 10 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Most plastic debris floating at sea is thought to come from land-based sources, but there is little direct evidence to support this assumption. Since 1984, stranded debris has been recorded along the west coast of Inaccessible Island, a remote, uninhabited island in the central South Atlantic Ocean that has a very high macrodebris load (∼5 kg·m

Identifiants

pubmed: 31570571
pii: 1909816116
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1909816116
pmc: PMC6800376
doi:

Substances chimiques

Plastics 0
Water Pollutants, Chemical 0

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

20892-20897

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Peter G Ryan (PG)

FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, 7701 Rondebosch, South Africa; pryan31@gmail.com.

Ben J Dilley (BJ)

FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, 7701 Rondebosch, South Africa.

Robert A Ronconi (RA)

Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2N6, Canada.

Maëlle Connan (M)

Department of Zoology, Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Marine Apex Predator Research Unit, Nelson Mandela University, 6031 Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

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