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DOI	10.1073/pnas.1619818114
	Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world's most remote and pristine islands
	Lavers J.L.; Bond A.L.
发表日期	2017
ISSN	0027-8424
起始页码	6052
结束页码	6055
卷号	114 期号:23
英文摘要	In just over half a century plastic products have revolutionized human society and have infiltrated terrestrial and marine environments in every corner of the globe. The hazard plastic debris poses to biodiversity is well established, but mitigation and planning are often hampered by a lack of quantitative data on accumulation patterns. Here we document the amount of debris and rate of accumulation on Henderson Island, a remote, uninhabited island in the South Pacific. The density of debris was the highest reported anywhere in the world, up to 671.6 items/m2 (mean ± SD: 239.4 ± 347.3 items/m2) on the surface of the beaches. Approximately 68% of debris (up to 4,496.9 pieces/m2) on the beach was buried <10 cm in the sediment. An estimated 37.7 million debris items weighing a total of 17.6 tons are currently present on Henderson, with up to 26.8 new items/m accumulating daily. Rarely visited by humans, Henderson Island and other remote islands may be sinks for some of the world's increasing volume of waste.
英文关键词	Henderson Island; Marine debris; Pitcairn Island Group; Plastic pollution; South Pacific Gyre
语种	英语
scopus关键词	plastic; agricultural waste; anthropogenic debris; Article; bioaccumulation; biodiversity; density; human; island (geological); marine environment; Pitcairn; priority journal; quantitative analysis; surface property; waste; water pollution; analysis; chemistry; environmental monitoring; Pacific islands; procedures; waste; Environmental Monitoring; Humans; Islands; Pacific Islands; Plastics; Waste Products; Water Pollution
来源期刊	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/160631
作者单位	Lavers, J.L., Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Battery Point, TAS 7004, Australia, Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL, United Kingdom; Bond, A.L., Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lavers J.L.,Bond A.L.. Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world's most remote and pristine islands[J],2017,114(23).
APA	Lavers J.L.,&Bond A.L..(2017).Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world's most remote and pristine islands.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,114(23).
MLA	Lavers J.L.,et al."Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world's most remote and pristine islands".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114.23(2017).