Temporal change in plastic pollution in the critical habitat of an endangered cetacean on the continental slope, Nova Scotia, Canada

• Main Authors: Kelly, Noreen, Feyrer, Laura
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: fibers; floating plastic debris; fragments; macroplastics; mesoplastics; microplastics; neuston tow; polymer characterization; visual survey; Canada; The Gully; hyperoodon ampullatus; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7216863

"The Gully", situated off Nova Scotia, Canada, is the largest submarine canyon in the western North Atlantic. This unique oceanographic feature, which became a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in 2004, is rich in marine biodiversity and the critical habitat of endangered northern bottlenose wha...