The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris

van Sebille, E, Aliani, S, Law, KL, Maximenko, N, Alsina, JM, Bagaev, A, Bergmann, M, Chapron, B, Chubarenko, I, Cózar, A, Delandmeter, P, Egger, M, Fox-Kemper, B, Garaba, SP, Goddijn-Murphy, L, Hardesty, BD, Hoffman, MJ, Isobe, A, Jongedijk, CE, Kaandorp, MLA, Khatmullina, L, Koelmans, A A, Kukulka, T, Laufkötter, C, Lebreton, L, Lobelle, D, Maes, C, Martinez-Vicente, V, Morales Maqueda, MA, Poulain-Zarcos, M, Rodríguez, E, Ryan, PG, Shanks, AL, Shim, WJ, Suaria, G, Thiel, M, van den Bremer, TS and Wichmann, D 2020 The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (2). 023003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6d7d

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Abstract/Summary

Marineplasticdebrisfloatingontheoceansurfaceisamajorenvironmentalproblem.However,its distributionintheoceanispoorlymapped,andmostoftheplasticwasteestimatedtohaveenteredthe oceanfromlandisunaccountedfor.Betterunderstandingofhowplasticdebrisistransportedfrom coastalandmarinesourcesiscrucialtoquantifyandclosetheglobalinventoryofmarineplastics, whichinturnrepresentscriticalinformationformitigationorpolicystrategies.Atthesametime, plasticisauniquetracerthatprovidesanopportunitytolearnmoreaboutthephysicsanddynamicsof ouroceanacrossmultiplescales,fromtheEkmanconvergenceinbasin-scalegyrestoindividualwaves inthesurfzone.Inthisreview,wecomprehensivelydiscusswhatisknownaboutthedifferent processesthatgovernthetransportoffloatingmarineplasticdebrisinboththeopenoceanandthe coastalzones,basedonthepublishedliteratureandreferringtoinsightsfromneighbouringfieldssuch asoilspilldispersion,marinesafetyrecovery,planktonconnectivity,andothers.Wediscusshow measurementsofmarineplastics(bothinsituandinthelaboratory),remotesensing,andnumerical simulationscanelucidatetheseprocessesandtheirinteractionsacrossspatio-temporalscales.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Divisions:	Plymouth Marine Laboratory > Science Areas > Earth Observation Science and Applications
Depositing User:	S Hawkins
Date made live:	10 Mar 2020 16:23
Last Modified:	25 Apr 2020 10:02
URI:	https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/8898

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