FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI The streaming of plastic in the Mediterranean Sea
BT 
AF Baudena, Alberto
   Ser-Giacomi, Enrico
   Jalón-Rojas, Isabel
   Galgani, Francois
   Pedrotti, Maria Luiza
AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:1;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC;5:;
C1 Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, UMR 7093 LOV, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
   Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 54-1514 MIT, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
   CNRS, UMR5805 EPOC, University of Bordeaux, 33615, Pessac, France
   French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), Bastia, France
C2 UNIV SORBONNE, FRANCE
   MIT, USA
   CNRS, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI CORSE
SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC
IN WOS Ifremer UPR
   DOAJ
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 16.6
TC 22
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00773/88524/94242.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00773/88524/94243.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00773/88524/94244.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB Plastic debris is a ubiquitous pollutant on the sea surface. To date, substantial research efforts focused on the detection of plastic accumulation zones. Here, a different paradigm is proposed: looking for crossroad regions through which large amounts of plastic debris flow. This approach is applied to the Mediterranean Sea, massively polluted but lacking in zones of high plastic concentration. The most extensive dataset of plastic measurements in this region to date is combined with an advanced numerical plastic-tracking model. Around 20% of Mediterranean plastic debris released every year passed through about 1% of the basin surface. The most important crossroads intercepted plastic debris from multiple sources, which had often traveled long distances. The detection of these spots could foster understanding of plastic transport and help mitigation strategies. Moreover, the general applicability and the soundness of the crossroad approach can promote its application to the study of other pollutants. 
PY 2022
PD MAY
SO Nature Communications
SN 2041-1723
PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC
VL 13
IS 1
UT 000800766400012
DI 10.1038/s41467-022-30572-5
ID 88524
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