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Lost at Sea: Where Is All the Plastic?

Richard C. Thompson [email protected], Ylva Olsen, Richard P. Mitchell, Anthony Davis, Steven J. Rowland, Anthony W. G. John, Daniel McGonigle, and Andrea E. RussellAuthors Info & Affiliations
Science
7 May 2004
Vol 304, Issue 5672
p. 838
DOI: 10.1126/science.1094559
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Richard C. Thompson* [email protected]
University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK.
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Ylva Olsen
University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK.
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Richard P. Mitchell
University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK.
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Anthony Davis
University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK.
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Steven J. Rowland
University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK.
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Anthony W. G. John
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK.
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Daniel McGonigle
University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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Andrea E. Russell
University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected]

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