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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Occurrence of Marine Litter in the Marine Environment: A World Panorama of Floating and Seafloor Plastics

Authors : Christos Ioakeimidis, François Galgani, George Papatheodorou

Published in: Hazardous Chemicals Associated with Plastics in the Marine Environment

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Abstract

The marine environment is directly linked to human life. Healthy oceans have always been important to mankind as all life depends on them. Nowadays, marine litter, mainly plastic, is found widespread in the environment, in all sea compartments, posing one of the major threats for the marine environment. To date, the fate of this litter is still questionable and the identification of areas where litter permanently accumulates is a major challenge.
In the present chapter, a world panorama is given in respect to the occurrence of floating and seafloor plastics. Information on floating micro-, meso-, and macro-plastics is given, as well as information on plastics of size bigger than 10 mm lying on the seafloor (shallow waters, continental shelf, deep-sea environments) of world’s seas.

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Metadata
Title
Occurrence of Marine Litter in the Marine Environment: A World Panorama of Floating and Seafloor Plastics
Authors
Christos Ioakeimidis
François Galgani
George Papatheodorou
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Hazardous Chemicals Associated with Plastics in the Marine Environment

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-95566-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-95568-1

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2017_22