Open AccessOcean Currents Push Mainland Pollution to Remote Islands
Author(s) -
Jenny Lunn
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo074909
Subject(s) - mainland , geography , pollution , oceanography , mainland china , environmental science , remote sensing , geology , archaeology , ecology , china , biology
Marine protected areas, set up to conserve marine ecosystems and species, accumulate pollutants swept in from mainland shores by ocean currents.