Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stranded Intertidal Marine Debris: Is There a Picture of Global Change?

Mark Anthony Browne; M. Gee Chapman; Richard C. Thompson; Linda A. Amaral Zettler; Jenna Jambeck; Nicholas J. Mallos

doi:10.1021/es5060572

journal article Jun 02, 2015

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stranded Intertidal Marine Debris: Is There a Picture of Global Change?

Mark Anthony Browne M. Gee Chapman Richard C. Thompson

Linda A. Amaral Zettler Jenna Jambeck Nicholas J. Mallos

Environmental Science & Technology Vol. 49 No. 12 pp. 7082-7094 · American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Published: Jun 02, 2015
Vol/Issue: 49(12)
Pages: 7082-7094
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Authors

M

Mark Anthony Browne

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 735 State Street, Suite 300, Santa Barbara, California 93101-3351, United States; Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia

M

M. Gee Chapman

School of Biological Science, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia

R

Richard C. Thompson

School of Marine Science & Engineering, Plymouth University, Plymouth PL4 8AA, U.K.

L

Linda A. Amaral Zettler

The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 025431, United States

J

Jenna Jambeck

College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States

N

Nicholas J. Mallos

Ocean Conservancy, 1300 19th Street, NW, Eighth Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036, United States

Funding

National Science Foundation Award: EF-0553768

University of California, Santa Barbara

Ocean Conservancy

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Mark Anthony Browne, M. Gee Chapman, Richard C. Thompson, et al. (2015). Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stranded Intertidal Marine Debris: Is There a Picture of Global Change?. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(12), 7082-7094. https://doi.org/10.1021/es5060572

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stranded Intertidal Marine Debris: Is There a Picture of Global Change?

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