Retention and dispersion of buoyant plastic debris in a well-mixed estuary from drifter observations
Zheng Chen, Melissa Bowen, Gaoyang Li, Giovanni Coco, Brendan Hall
Topics & Concepts
DrifterEstuaryDebrisMarine debrisOceanographyEnvironmental scienceEstuarine water circulationSpring (device)Current (fluid)Plastic pollutionPollutionLitterSTREAMSHydrology (agriculture)GeologyMicroplasticsLagrangianEcologyPhysicsGeotechnical engineeringComputer scienceBiologyMechanical engineeringEngineeringComputer networkMathematical physicsMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionRecycling and Waste Management Techniques