Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) · 2013 · 549 citations · 56 references
Natural SciencesMarine SciencesOceanographyMarine BiogeochemistryMarine EcologyMarine Environmental ScienceLitter ManagementMarine Monitoring SystemsMarine PollutantsMarine PollutionParticulate Organic MatterLitter Contamination ControlLitter RemovalMarine Environmental MonitoringMarine Litter ManagementMarine Litter RegulationMarine Pollutant DetectionMarine Pollution AssessmentMarine Pollution Monitoring
The MSFD Technical Subgroup on Marine Litter was tasked to deliver guidance so that European Member States could initiate programmes for monitoring of Descriptor 10 of the MSFD. The present document provides the recommendations and information needed to commence the monitoring required for marine litter, including methodological protocols and categories of items to be used for the assessment of litter on the Beach, Water Column, Seafloor and Biota, including a special section on Microparticles.\n
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Lost at Sea: Where Is All the Plastic?
Richard C. Thompson, Ylva S. Olsen, Richard P. Mitchell et al. · Science · 2004 · 7.5K citations
Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Marine Sciences +17