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DOI	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111373
	Low densities of macroplastic debris in the Pitcairn Islands Marine Reserve
	Ryan P.G.; Schofield A.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0025326X
卷号	157
英文摘要	Beaches on Henderson Island, one of the Pitcairn Islands in the central South Pacific, have been reported to have some of the highest standing stocks of stranded plastic recorded. Surveys of floating debris at sea show that this is not related to high densities of plastic in the area. Only 19 macroplastic items were observed during 905 km of at-sea transects (0.5 items·km−2; 135 g·km−2). This low density confirms previous microplastic surveys which show that the Pitcairn group lies west of the South Pacific Gyre. Plastic loads on beaches at other islands in the Pitcairn group are not exceptional. The east coast of Henderson Island appears to be particularly effective at accumulating drifting debris, but many small plastic fragments on these beaches probably result from degradation in situ, so removing macroplastics will reduce the formation of microplastics. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Bottles; Ducie atoll; Fishery debris; Henderson Island; Oeno atoll; South Pacific gyre
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Beaches; Microplastic; Surveys; East coast; Low density; Marine reserve; Microplastics; Pitcairn; Plastic loads; Standing stocks; Debris; macroplastic; microplastic; polystyrene; plastic; accumulation; gyre; marine park; plastic waste; pollutant transport; pollution incidence; pollution monitoring; Article; Bryozoa; density; environmental impact assessment; environmental monitoring; lagoon; nonhuman; Pitcairn; plastic waste; recycling; seashore; turnover rate; environmental monitoring; island (geological); waste; Henderson Island; Pacific Ocean; Pacific Ocean (South); Pitcairn; Environmental Monitoring; Islands; Pitcairn Island; Plastics; Waste Products
来源期刊	Marine Pollution Bulletin
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/148866
作者单位	FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa; Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ryan P.G.,Schofield A.. Low densities of macroplastic debris in the Pitcairn Islands Marine Reserve[J],2020,157.
APA	Ryan P.G.,&Schofield A..(2020).Low densities of macroplastic debris in the Pitcairn Islands Marine Reserve.Marine Pollution Bulletin,157.
MLA	Ryan P.G.,et al."Low densities of macroplastic debris in the Pitcairn Islands Marine Reserve".Marine Pollution Bulletin 157(2020).