Changes in the Floating Plastic Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea in Relation to the Distance to Land

Luiza Pedrotti, Maria; Petit, Stéphanie; Elineau, Amanda; Bruzaud, Stéphane; Crebassa, Jean-Claude; Dumontet, Bruno; Martí, Elisa; Gorsky, Gabriel; Cózar, Andrés

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161581

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Changes in the Floating Plastic Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea in Relation to the Distance to Land

Published in PLoS ONE • Aug 24, 2016

Authors:

Maria Luiza Pedrotti

Stéphanie Petit

Amanda Elineau

Abstract

The composition, size distribution, and abundance of floating plastic debris in surface waters of the Mediterranean Sea were analyzed in relation to distance to land. We combined data from previously published reports with an intensive sampling in inshore waters of the Northwestern Mediterranean. Th...

Subject

Microplastics

Plastic pollution

Mediterranean climate

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