Global Plastic Concentration Map (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Global Plastic Concentration Map

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Global plastic concentration map is based on data collected during the Malaspina 2010  circumnavigation and regional surveys.

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Cozar, A., et al. (2014), Plastic debris in the open ocean, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 111(28), 10,239-10,244, doi:10.1073/pnas.1314705111.

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