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First evidence of plastic fallout from the North Pacific Garbage Patch

The infamous garbage patches on the surface of subtropical oceanic gyres are proof that plastic is polluting the ocean on an unprecedented scale. The fate of floating plastic debris ‘trapped’ in these gyres, however, remains largely unknown. Here, we provide the first evidence for the vertical trans...

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Autores principales: Egger, Matthias, Sulu-Gambari, Fatimah, Lebreton, Laurent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7203237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32376835
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64465-8