DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.11.022
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85034251769
论文题名: Tracing the source of marine debris on the beaches of northern New South Wales, Australia: The Bottles on Beaches program
作者: Smith S.D.A. ; Banister K. ; Fraser N. ; Edgar R.J.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2018
卷: 126 起始页码: 304
结束页码: 307
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Citizen science
; MARPOL
; Plastics
; Remote beaches
; Shipping
Scopus关键词: Beaches
; Elastomers
; Freight transportation
; Marine pollution
; Plastic bottles
; Plastics
; Ships
; Citizen science
; East Asian countries
; Marine growth
; Marine plastics
; MARPOL
; New South Wales , Australia
; Passing ships
; Primary sources
; Bottles
; plastic
; beach
; debris flow
; domestic waste
; geoaccumulation
; marine pollution
; plastic waste
; pollutant source
; shipping
; source identification
; Article
; Asia
; Australia
; China
; sea pollution
; seashore
; ship
; Australia
; New South Wales
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: Identifying the source of marine plastic pollution accumulating on ocean beaches is often difficult as unidentifiable fragments of plastic usually predominate. In this study, we surveyed plastic bottles as a relatively identifiable subset of plastics on 30 km of beach along a 200-km section of the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. Source and product type (contents) were determined using barcodes, inscriptions/embossing, or bottle shape and characteristics. Country of origin and product type could be determined for two-thirds of the 694 bottles found. Just over half (51%) of these were of domestic origin with the remainder dominated by bottles from China (24%) and south-east Asian countries (21%). As most of the foreign bottles lacked marine growth, and are unavailable for purchase in the region, passing ships are hypothesised as the primary source. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/88568
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作者单位: National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia
Recommended Citation:
Smith S.D.A.,Banister K.,Fraser N.,et al. Tracing the source of marine debris on the beaches of northern New South Wales, Australia: The Bottles on Beaches program[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2018-01-01,126