A Methodology to Characterize Riverine Macroplastic Emission Into the Ocean

Land-based macroplastic is considered one of the major sources of marine plastic debris. However, estimations of plastic emission from rivers into the oceans remain scarce and uncertain, mainly due to a severe lack of standardized observations. To properly assess global plastic fluxes, detailed info...

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Main Authors: Tim van Emmerik, Thuy-Chung Kieu-Le, Michelle Loozen, Kees van Oeveren, Emilie Strady, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Matthias Egger, Johnny Gasperi, Laurent Lebreton, Phuoc-Dan Nguyen, Anna Schwarz, Boyan Slat, Bruno Tassin
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00372/full

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