Eulerian modelling of the three-dimensional distribution of seven popular microplastic types in the global ocean

• Main Authors: Mountford AS, Morales Maqueda MA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
• Subjects: Barents Sea; East Siberian Sea
• Online Access: https://eprint.ncl.ac.uk/fulltext.aspx?url=261251/7B00A8B1-57B2-4D31-AE68-785F85D64EC0.pdf&pub_id=261251

Detailing the distribution of past and future plastic debris in the marine environment has become a pressing challenge. Plastic pollution poses a potential threat to marine organisms and the marine environment as a whole. Previous studies using Lagrangian particle models have identified five garbage...