The role of buoyancy in the dispersal of marine plastic debris and the impact of biofouling : does size matter?
Recent studies suggest that a significant proportion of the plastic pollution that enters the sea is disappearing from the surface, despite being less dense than seawater. Observations across size classes show that it is particularly smaller plastics, <5 mm in length, that are susceptible to remo...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15511 |