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SUBMITTER: Lebreton LCM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5467230 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lebreton Laurent C M LCM van der Zwet Joost J Damsteeg Jan-Willem JW Slat Boyan B Andrady Anthony A Reisser Julia J
Nature communications 20170607
Plastics in the marine environment have become a major concern because of their persistence at sea, and adverse consequences to marine life and potentially human health. Implementing mitigation strategies requires an understanding and quantification of marine plastic sources, taking spatial and temporal variability into account. Here we present a global model of plastic inputs from rivers into oceans based on waste management, population density and hydrological information. Our model is calibra ...[more]