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Go with the flow: the role of gateway and straits on plastic distribution
Author(s) -
Chiarella Domenico,
HernándezMolina Francisco Javier
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/gto.12345
Subject(s) - plastic pollution , gateway (web page) , geology , microplastics , stratification (seeds) , oceanography , distribution (mathematics) , debris , marine debris , ecosystem , earth science , environmental science , ecology , biology , computer science , mathematical analysis , mathematics , world wide web , seed dormancy , botany , germination , dormancy
Plastic pollution is widespread throughout the marine environment representing a risk for ecosystems and human health when plastic enters the food chain. Understanding factors and processes controlling plastic distribution and accumulation is crucial to identify plastic hotspots. Gateways and straits can play an important role on transferring plastic debris at superficial and sea bottom level depending on the local water masses stratification.