Monitoring marine plastics – will we know if we are making a difference?

Volume: 116, Issue: 5/6
Published: May 27, 2020
Abstract
In the context of marine anthropogenic debris management, monitoring is essential to assess whether mitigation measures to reduce the amounts of waste plastic entering the environment are being effective. In South Africa, baselines against which changes can be assessed include data from the 1970s to the 1990s on microplastics floating at sea, on macro- and microplastic beach debris, and interactions with biota. However, detecting changes in the...
Paper Details
Title
Monitoring marine plastics – will we know if we are making a difference?
Published Date
May 27, 2020
Volume
116
Issue
5/6
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