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    Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea

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    Authors
    Cózar, Andrés
    Sanz-Martín, Marina
    Martí, Elisa cc
    González-Gordillo, J. Ignacio cc
    Ubeda, Bárbara
    Gálvez, José Á.
    Irigoien, Xabier cc
    Duarte, Carlos M. cc
    KAUST Department
    Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
    Marine Science Program
    Plankton ecology Research Group
    Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
    Date
    2015-04-01
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    Concentrations of floating plastic were measured throughout the Mediterranean Sea to assess whether this basin can be regarded as a great accumulation region of plastic debris. We found that the average density of plastic (1 item per 4 m2), as well as its frequency of occurrence (100% of the sites sampled), are comparable to the accumulation zones described for the five subtropical ocean gyres. Plastic debris in the Mediterranean surface waters was dominated by millimeter-sized fragments, but showed a higher proportion of large plastic objects than that present in oceanic gyres, reflecting the closer connection with pollution sources. The accumulation of floating plastic in the Mediterranean Sea (between 1,000 and 3,000 tons) is likely related to the high human pressure together with the hydrodynamics of this semi-enclosed basin, with outflow mainly occurring through a deep water layer. Given the biological richness and concentration of economic activities in the Mediterranean Sea, the affects of plastic pollution on marine and human life are expected to be particularly frequent in this plastic accumulation region.
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    Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea 2015, 10 (4):e0121762 PLOS ONE
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    Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Journal
    PLoS ONE
    DOI
    10.1371/journal.pone.0121762
    PubMed ID
    25831129
    PubMed Central ID
    PMC4382178
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    http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121762
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    10.1371/journal.pone.0121762
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    Articles; Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division; Red Sea Research Center (RSRC); Marine Science Program

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