NDLI: Baseline for beached marine debris on Sand Island, Midway Atoll.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Ribic, Christine A. Sheavly, Seba B. Klavitter, John
Spatial Coverage	Hawaii Pacific Ocean
Description	Country affiliation: United States Author Affiliation: Ribic CA ( US Geological Survey, Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, 218 Russell Labs, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA. caribic@wisc.edu)
Abstract	Baseline measurements were made of the amount and weight of beached marine debris on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, June 2008-July 2010. On 23 surveys, 32,696 total debris objects (identifiable items and pieces) were collected; total weight was 740.4 kg. Seventy-two percent of the total was pieces; 91% of the pieces were made of plastic materials. Pieces were composed primarily of polyethylene and polypropylene. Identifiable items were 28% of the total; 88% of the identifiable items were in the fishing/aquaculture/shipping-related and beverage/household products-related categories. Identifiable items were lowest during April-August, while pieces were at their lowest during June-August. Sites facing the North Pacific Gyre received the most debris and proportionately more pieces. More debris tended to be found on Sand Island when the Subtropical Convergence Zone was closer to the Atoll. This information can be used for potential mitigation and to understand the impacts of large-scale events such as the 2011 Japanese tsunami.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	0025326X
Issue Number	8
Volume Number	64
e-ISSN	18793363
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier
Publisher Date	2012-08-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Discipline Biology Environmental Monitoring Water Pollutants Analysis Bathing Beaches Statistics & Numerical Data Hawaii Pacific Ocean Plastics Standards Remote Sensing Technology Waste Products Water Pollution Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't Research Support, U.s. Gov't, Non-p.h.s.
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Pollution Aquatic Science Oceanography

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