Plastic debris in plastic-mulched soil—a screening study from western Germany [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background Agricultural plastic mulches offer great benefits such as higher yields and lower pesticide use. Yet, plastic mulches may disintegrate over time and fragment into smaller debris.
Zacharias Steinmetz, Heike Schröder
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Plastic debris dataset on the Seine riverbanks: up to 38,000 pre-production plastic pellets reported per square meterPANGAEA [PDF]
Data in BriefPlastic pollution in rivers is a major source for plastic pollution into the ocean. However, it is now recognized that plastics may accumulate in rivers for years, especially in estuaries, before reaching the ocean.
Romain Tramoy +3 more
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Concentration gradient of plastic debris larger than 500 μm detected across the Southwest Indian ocean [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMarine plastic pollution is increasing in the world’s ocean, with the Indian Ocean understudied compared to the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. This study investigates plastic pollution in the Southwest Indian Ocean, focusing on a size range from large ...
Margot Thibault +18 more
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A Hyperspectral Reflectance Database of Plastic Debris with Different Fractional Abundance in River Systems [PDF]
Scientific DataPlastic debris pollution transported by river systems to lakes and oceans has emerged as a significant environmental concern with adverse impacts on ecosystems, food webs, and human health.
Mohammadali Olyaei +2 more
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Diversity and Activity of Communities Inhabiting Plastic Debris in the North Pacific Gyre [PDF]
mSystems, 2016 Marine plastic debris has become a significant concern in ocean ecosystems worldwide. Little is known, however, about its influence on microbial community structure and function.
Jessica A. Bryant +8 more
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Environment International, 2023 Coastal habitats have been suggested to serve as a sink for unaccounted plastic debris, i.e., “missing plastic” in the sea, and hence, a hotspot of plastic pollution in the marine and coastal environments.
Jonas Koh +7 more
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Initial Analysis of Plastic Debris Accumulation in the Estuary of Wonorejo River, Surabaya, Indonesia [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 The purpose of this research was to investigate the accumulation of plastic debris in the Wonorejo River Estuary, Surabaya, Indonesia. Visible plastic debris were collected from three (3) sampling points along the intertidal area of Wonorejo River ...
Kurniawan Setyo Budi +1 more
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Distribution of macro plastic debris in Muaragembong coastal bay during the east moonson and the east to west monsoon transition in 2020 [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Marine debris pollution can threaten the sustainability of natural resources in coastal regions ecosystem. Marine debris is worldwide issue now and Indonesia considered as a second biggest polluter of plastic to the world ocean. Massive efforts have been
Suryono Devi Dwiyanti +11 more
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The streaming of plastic in the Mediterranean Sea
Nature Communications, 2022 Plastic pollution in seas is widespread, but some areas lack the high concentrations of plastic debris. Here the authors identified places where large amounts of plastic debris pass in the Mediterranean Sea thus helping to study plastic dispersion in ...
Alberto Baudena +4 more
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 Land-based sources are the key sources of plastic debris, and mismanaged plastic debris can eventually enter the ocean via marine beaches. In this study, the spatial distribution and amount of plastic debris in the land-based source input zone of First ...
Peng Zhang +5 more
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