hdl:10013/epic.50427
Contamination of our oceans by plastics
Gutow, Lars ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9017-0083 and Bergmann, Melanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5212-9808
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Contact
Melanie.Bergmann [ at ] awi.de
Abstract
Vast quantities of plastics are accumulating in the oceans. At sea, plastics interact with marine biota often with deleterious consequences for organisms and habitats. As users of marine food resources and ecosystem services humans are also affected by marine plastic litter. Economic, social and health implications necessitate decisive action to manage this growing environmental problem at a global scale. Accordingly, legislative and technological instruments have been implemented to reduce the amounts of marine plastic debris. Promising strategies to reduce the human plastic footprint in the oceans must involve the minimization of plastic discharges into the marine environment.
Item Type
Article
Authors
Gutow, Lars ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9017-0083 and Bergmann, Melanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5212-9808
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Divisions
AWI Organizations > Biosciences > Functional Ecology
AWI Organizations > Biosciences > Deep Sea Ecology and Technology
AWI Organizations > Offices > North Sea Office
AWI Organizations > Biosciences > Deep Sea Ecology and Technology
AWI Organizations > Offices > North Sea Office
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Programs
Helmholtz Research Programs > PACES I (2009-2013) > TOPIC 1: The Changing Arctic and Antarctic > WP 1.4: Antarctic Circumpolar Climate and Ecosystem Study
Helmholtz Research Programs > PACES I (2009-2013) > TOPIC 1: The Changing Arctic and Antarctic > WP 1.6: Ocean Warming and Acidification: Organisms and their changing Role in Marine Ecosystems
Helmholtz Research Programs > PACES I (2009-2013) > TOPIC 4: Synthesis: The Earth System from a Polar Perspective > WP 4.3: Assessment of Coastal Climate Change in the Lena Delta Region of the Laptev Sea and in the North Sea
Helmholtz Research Programs > PACES II (2014-2020) > TOPIC 2: Fragile coasts and shelf sea > WP 2.2: Species interactions in changing and exploited coastal seas
Helmholtz Research Programs > PACES I (2009-2013) > TOPIC 1: The Changing Arctic and Antarctic > WP 1.6: Ocean Warming and Acidification: Organisms and their changing Role in Marine Ecosystems
Helmholtz Research Programs > PACES I (2009-2013) > TOPIC 4: Synthesis: The Earth System from a Polar Perspective > WP 4.3: Assessment of Coastal Climate Change in the Lena Delta Region of the Laptev Sea and in the North Sea
Helmholtz Research Programs > PACES II (2014-2020) > TOPIC 2: Fragile coasts and shelf sea > WP 2.2: Species interactions in changing and exploited coastal seas
Primary Topic
Helmholtz Programs > Helmholtz Research Programs > PACES I (2009-2013) > TOPIC 1: The Changing Arctic and Antarctic > WP 1.4: Antarctic Circumpolar Climate and Ecosystem Study
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Published
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43252