Go with the flow: the role of gateway and straits on plastic distribution

Plastic pollution is widespread throughout the marine environment representing a risk for ecosystems and human health when plastic enters the food chain. Understanding factors and processes controlling plastic distribution and accumulation is crucial to identify plastic hotspots. Gateways and strait...

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Published in:Geology today 2021-03, Vol.37 (2), p.66-69
Main Authors: Chiarella, Domenico, Hernández‐Molina, Francisco Javier
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Distribution
Environmental health
Food chains
Marine ecosystems
Marine environment
Marine pollution
Plastic debris
Plastic pollution
Straits
Stratification
Water masses
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Summary:Plastic pollution is widespread throughout the marine environment representing a risk for ecosystems and human health when plastic enters the food chain. Understanding factors and processes controlling plastic distribution and accumulation is crucial to identify plastic hotspots. Gateways and straits can play an important role on transferring plastic debris at superficial and sea bottom level depending on the local water masses stratification.
ISSN:0266-6979
1365-2451
DOI:10.1111/gto.12345