Marine debris on two Arctic beaches in the Russian Far East

In August 2005, marine debris was counted on two Arctic beaches in the Russian Far East. On the north coast of the Chukchi Peninsula east of Kolyuchin Bay, a beach stretch of ca. 2.4 km held a total of 736 items, 0.024 items m‑2, while no more than 0.0011 items m‑2, 12 items in total, were found on...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Research
Main Author: Kylin, Henrik
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2020
Subjects:
Plastic debris
Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Peninsula
Kolyuchin Bay
Wrangel Island
pollution
Arctic
Chukchi
Polar Research
Tundra
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3381
https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v39.3381

Similar Items