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Título : The Arctic Ocean as a dead end for floating plastics in the North Atlantic branch of the Thermohaline Circulation
Autor : Cozar, Andres; Marti, Elisa; Duarte, Carlos M.; van Sebille, Erik; Ballatore, Thomas J.; Gonzalez-Gordillo, J. Ignacio; Pedrotti, Maria L.; Echevarria, Fidel; Trouble, Romain; Irigoien, Xabier; Garcia-de-Lomas, Juan; Eguiluz, Victor M.
Resumen : The subtropical ocean gyres are recognized as greatmarine accummulation zones of floating plastic debris; however, the possibility of plastic accumulation at polar latitudes has been overlooked because of the lack of nearby pollution sources. In the present study, the Arctic Oceanwas extensively sampled for floating plastic debris fromthe TaraOceans circumpolar expedition. Although plastic debris was scarce or absent in most of the Arctic waters, it reached high concentrations (hundreds of thousands of pieces per square kilometer) in the northernmost and easternmost areas of the Greenland and Barents seas. The fragmentation and typology of the plastic suggested an abundant presence of aged debris that originated from distant sources. This hypothesis was corroborated by the relatively high ratios of marine surface plastic to local pollution sources. Surface circulation models and field data showed that the poleward branch of the Thermohaline Circulation transfers floating debris from the North Atlantic to the Greenland and Barents seas, which would be a dead end for this plastic conveyor belt. Given the limited surface transport of the plastic that accumulated here and the mechanisms acting for the downward transport, the seafloor beneath this Arctic sector is hypothesized as an important sink of plastic debris.
Palabras clave : SURFACE; DEBRIS; SEA; SIMULATIONS; WATER
Fecha de publicación : 2017
Editorial : AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
Tipo de documento: Article
Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600582
URI : http://dspace.azti.es/handle/24689/468
ISSN : 2375-2548
Patrocinador: CNRS [GDR3280]
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Genoscope/CEA
French Government ``Investissements d'Avenir�� program OCEANOMICS [ANR-11-BTBR-0008]
French Government ``Investissements d'Avenir�� program FRANCE GENOMIQUE [ANR-10-INBS-09-08]
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
European Union FP7 (Micro B3) [287589]
Veolia Environment Foundation
Region Bretagne
Lorient Agglomeration
World Courier
Illumina
Electricite de France Foundation
Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversite
Prince Albert II de Monaco Foundation
Tara Foundation
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Malaspina Expedition project (Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness) [CSD2008-00077]
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEIMAR)
PLASTREND (BBVA Foundation)
MIDaS (AEI/FEDER/UE) projects [CTM2016-77106-R]
Tara Oceans
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