DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.06.022
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84956580083
论文题名: Tracking the origins of plastic debris across the Coral Sea: A case study from the Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia
作者: Maes C. ; Blanke B.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2015
卷: 97, 期: 2018-01-02 起始页码: 160
结束页码: 168
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Coral Sea circulation
; Lagrangian dispersion
; Meridional drift pathways
; Plastic debris pollution
; Southwestern Pacific
; Transfer times
Scopus关键词: Debris
; Electronic guidance systems
; Lagrange multipliers
; Marine pollution
; Oceanography
; Plastic bottles
; Coral sea
; Lagrangian dispersion
; Meridional drift pathways
; Plastic debris
; Southwestern Pacific
; Transfer time
; Ocean currents
; marine pollution
; oceanic circulation
; plastic waste
; tracking
; Article
; controlled study
; New Caledonia
; ocean current
; Papua New Guinea
; plastic bottle
; pollution transport
; sea surface waters
; simulation
; Solomon Islands
; analysis
; animal
; human
; Melanesia
; Pacific Ocean
; theoretical model
; waste
; water pollutant
; Coral Sea
; Loyalty Islands
; New Caledonia [Melanesia]
; Ouvea
; Pacific Ocean
; Pacific Ocean (Southwest)
; Anthozoa
; plastic
; waste
; water pollutant
; Animals
; Garbage
; Humans
; Melanesia
; Models, Theoretical
; New Caledonia
; Pacific Ocean
; Papua New Guinea
; Plastics
; Waste Products
; Water Pollutants, Chemical
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: Contamination of the marine environment by human-made plastic litter is a growing and global problem. Our study attempts to explain the presence of two plastic bottles beached on the Ouvéa Island, in the southwest Pacific Ocean, with trademarks from the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (PNG). We simulate the oceanic drift tracks and associated transit times with a Lagrangian interpretation of the surface currents of a high-resolution ocean model. Our results show that it takes less than 2-3. months for drifting objects to connect these archipelagos (New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and PNG) and highlight the role of the meridional component of the circulation rather than the dominant zonal jets. This study shows that the origin or traceability of trash represent valuable information that can be used to test and, ultimately, improve our understanding of ocean circulation. © 2015 The Authors. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/86231
Appears in Collections: 过去全球变化的重建 全球变化的国际研究计划
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作者单位: Laboratoire de Physique des Océans, UMR 6523 CNRS-Ifremer-IRD-UBO, Centre Ifremer de Brest, ZI de la Pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France; UFR Sciences et Techniques, 6 avenue Le Gorgeu, CS 93837, Brest CEDEX 03, France
Recommended Citation:
Maes C.,Blanke B.. Tracking the origins of plastic debris across the Coral Sea: A case study from the Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2015-01-01,97(2018-01-02)