PLASTICS IN THE ANTARCTIC ENVIRONMENT: ARE WE LOOKING ONLY AT THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG?

• Main Authors: Ivar do Sul, Juliana Assuncão, Barnes, David K. A., Costa, Monica F., Convey, Peter, Costa, Erli S., Campos, Lúcia S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia 2017
• Subjects: exotic species; A. gazella; Procellariiformes; nylon fishing lines; plastic fragments; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Inglés; Lobos; Pequeña; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Tuvo; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antártica; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/oa/article/view/8117

The available literature on marine debris and its impacts in the sub-Antarctic Islands, the Antarctic Peninsula and on the coasts of Antarctica was organized and interpreted here. A total of 98 documents covering from 1982 to 2010 were found and 95% had their full contents accessed. Seventy document...