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| Title |
Baseline for beached marine debris on Sand Island, Midway Atoll
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Marine Pollution Bulletin, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.04.001 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Christine A. Ribic, Seba B. Sheavly, John Klavitter |
| Abstract |
Baseline measurements were made of the amount and weight of beached marine debris on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, June 2008-July 2010. On 23 surveys, 32,696 total debris objects (identifiable items and pieces) were collected; total weight was 740.4 kg. Seventy-two percent of the total was pieces; 91% of the pieces were made of plastic materials. Pieces were composed primarily of polyethylene and polypropylene. Identifiable items were 28% of the total; 88% of the identifiable items were in the fishing/aquaculture/shipping-related and beverage/household products-related categories. Identifiable items were lowest during April-August, while pieces were at their lowest during June-August. Sites facing the North Pacific Gyre received the most debris and proportionately more pieces. More debris tended to be found on Sand Island when the Subtropical Convergence Zone was closer to the Atoll. This information can be used for potential mitigation and to understand the impacts of large-scale events such as the 2011 Japanese tsunami. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 131 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| South Africa | 2 | 2% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 124 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 24 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 7% |
| Professor | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 20 | 15% |
| Unknown | 30 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 35 | 27% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 27 | 21% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 11 | 8% |
| Engineering | 7 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 9 | 7% |
| Unknown | 39 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 December 2020.
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#4,572,696
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Marine Pollution Bulletin
#1,674
of 9,589 outputs
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#29,613
of 176,142 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Marine Pollution Bulletin
#7
of 26 outputs
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