Marine debris on New Zealand beaches - Baseline data to evaluate regional variances

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Marine debris on New Zealand beaches - Baseline data to evaluate regional variances

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Terrestrial sources of marine debris on beaches are substantial, increasing, and are primarily a result of mismanaged waste on land. The scale, source, and composition of beached marine debris in New Zealand was determined by surveying 41 beaches, with triplicate belt transects, across the North and South Islands. Results demonstrated a significant spatial variance, with the South Island showing a significantly higher mean density than the more populated North Island by count as well as by we...

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2021-07

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van Gool, E / Campbell, M / Wallace, P / Hewitt, Chad

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https://hdl.handle.net/10182/15510

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baseline study / beach survey / marine debris / marine litter / marine pollution / mismanaged waste / New Zealand / plastic pollution / Environmental marine biotechnology / Waste management, reduction, reuse and recycling / Pollution and contamination not elsewhere classified / Environmental management / Pollution and contamination

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