A Comparison of Plastic and Plankton in the North Pacific Central Gyre¶
Moore. (2001). A Comparison of Plastic and Plankton in the North Pacific Central Gyre.
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- Ocean Gyre
- The same convergence traps buoyant debris, and Charles Moore's 1997 transit through the interior brought the resulting Great Pacific Garbage Patch to wide attention
This sourceMoore et al.'s North Pacific central-gyre survey reporting the largest recorded neustonic plastic abundance and mass then measured in the Pacific, roughly six times the plankton mass.
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“The abundance and mass of neustonic plastic was the largest recorded anywhere in the Pacific Ocean at 334271 pieces km2 and 5114 g km2, respectively.”
- The same convergence traps buoyant debris, and Charles Moore's 1997 transit through the interior brought the resulting Great Pacific Garbage Patch to wide attention
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