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A global mass budget for positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean

Predicted global figures for plastic debris accumulation in the ocean surface layer range on the order of hundreds of thousands of metric tons, representing only a few percent of estimated annual emissions into the marine environment. The current accepted explanation for this difference is that posi...

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Autores principales: Lebreton, Laurent, Egger, Matthias, Slat, Boyan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6742645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31515537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49413-5