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From land to the Salish Sea – Towards an understanding of microplastics source, transport and fate
Western CEDAR (Western Washington University)
2016
Esther Gies,
Ellika Crichton BSc,
Carmen Morales‐Caselles,
Peter S. Ross
Summary
Researchers investigated how microplastics travel from land-based sources through watersheds and rivers into the Salish Sea (a coastal ocean system in the Pacific Northwest), tracing their source, movement, and final resting places. Understanding these transport pathways is key to identifying where to intervene to reduce plastic pollution entering marine ecosystems.
Contamination of marine ecosystems with microplastics (particles