Quantifying land-based sources of plastic pollution in South Africa

It is widely claimed that at least 80% of the plastic litter entering marine environments comes from land-based sources, yet there is little empirical evidence to support this. Most studies to date predict the flux of litter from land to sea using global models based on a handful of field studies co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weideman, Eleanor A
Other Authors: Ryan, Peter
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Science 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32362