DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.10.043
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84914150864
论文题名: Low densities of drifting litter in the African sector of the Southern Ocean
作者: Ryan P.G. ; Musker S. ; Rink A.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2014
卷: 89, 期: 2018-01-02 起始页码: 16
结束页码: 19
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Fishery wastes
; Indian ocean
; Marine debris
; Plastic litter
; South atlantic ocean
; Survey
Scopus关键词: Debris
; Fisheries
; Surveying
; Tropics
; Antarctic polar fronts
; Fishery wastes
; Indian ocean
; Local source
; Marine debris
; South Atlantic
; Southern ocean
; Subtropical front
; Oceanography
; plastic
; polystyrene
; plastic
; waste
; water pollutant
; litter
; marine pollution
; packaging waste
; plastic waste
; survey
; Article
; Atlantic Ocean
; container
; controlled study
; density
; food packaging
; Indian Ocean
; latitude
; particle size
; plastic bottle
; salinity
; sea surface temperature
; seaweed
; water pollutant
; wind
; wood debris
; Africa
; Antarctica
; classification
; environmental monitoring
; fishery
; procedures
; waste
; Africa
; Atlantic Ocean
; Atlantic Ocean (South)
; Indian Ocean
; Southern Ocean
; Africa
; Antarctic Regions
; Environmental Monitoring
; Fisheries
; Plastics
; Waste Products
; Water Pollutants
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: Only 52 litter items (>1cm diameter) were observed in 10,467km of at-sea transects in the African sector of the Southern Ocean. Litter density north of the Subtropical Front (0.58 items km-2) was less than in the adjacent South Atlantic Ocean (1-6itemskm-2), but has increased compared to the mid-1980s. Litter density south of the Subtropical Front was an order of magnitude less than in temperate waters (0.032 items km-2). There was no difference in litter density between sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters either side of the Antarctic Polar Front. Most litter was made of plastic (96%). Fishery-related debris comprised a greater proportion of litter south of the Subtropical Front (33%) than in temperate waters (13%), where packaging dominated litter items (68%). The results confirm that the Southern Ocean is the least polluted ocean in terms of drifting debris and suggest that most debris comes from local sources. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/85212
Appears in Collections: 过去全球变化的重建 全球变化的国际研究计划
There are no files associated with this item.
作者单位: Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
Recommended Citation:
Ryan P.G.,Musker S.,Rink A.. Low densities of drifting litter in the African sector of the Southern Ocean[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2014-01-01,89(2018-01-02)