The Origin and Fate of Artefacts Stranded on Islands in the African Sector of the Southern Ocean

The ever-increasing amount of marine debris in the Southern Ocean gives cause for concern, but the subject is little studied. I surveyed beaches on Tristan da Cunha, Inaccessible, Gough, and the Prince Edward Islands, in the African sector of the Southern Ocean, for stranded artefacts during 1984. T...

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Published in:Environmental Conservation
Main Author: Ryan, Peter G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1987
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