The Indian Ocean 'garbage patch': Empirical evidence from floating macro-litter.
At-sea survey
Frontal system
Garbage patch
Plastic litter
Southern Indian Ocean
Journal
Marine pollution bulletin
ISSN: 1879-3363
Titre abrégé: Mar Pollut Bull
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0260231
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2021
Aug 2021
Historique:
received:
31
01
2021
revised:
24
05
2021
accepted:
25
05
2021
pubmed:
12
6
2021
medline:
29
7
2021
entrez:
11
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Marine litter has become a global issue with 'garbage patches' documented in all ocean gyres. The Pacific and Atlantic garbage patches have been well described, but there are few empirical data for the Indian Ocean. In the austral summer 2019-2020, we conducted an at-sea survey of macro-litter in the rarely investigated south-west Indian Ocean. Over 24 days, 1623 man-made items were observed including plastic fragments, packaging and fishing-related items during 216 h of observations covering 5464 km. More than 99% of the litter items were plastics of which almost 60% were white. Floating litter was patchily distributed with only five items (0.2%) recorded south of 40°S (0.1 items·km
Identifiants
pubmed: 34116371
pii: S0025-326X(21)00593-2
doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112559
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Plastics
0
Waste Products
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
112559Informations de copyright
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