High concentrations of floating neustonic life in the plastic-rich North Pacific Garbage Patch

Fiona Chong, Matthew Spencer, Nikolai Maximenko, Jan Hafner, Andrew C. McWhirter, Rebecca R. Helm

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001646
Published: 2023-05-04
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001646,
  title = {High concentrations of floating neustonic life in the plastic-rich North Pacific Garbage Patch},
  author = {Fiona Chong and Matthew Spencer and Nikolai Maximenko and Jan Hafner and Andrew C. McWhirter and Rebecca R. Helm},
  year = {2023},
  journal = {PLOS Biology},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pbio.3001646},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001646}
}

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TI  - High concentrations of floating neustonic life in the plastic-rich North Pacific Garbage Patch
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AU  - Nikolai Maximenko
AU  - Jan Hafner
AU  - Andrew C. McWhirter
AU  - Rebecca R. Helm
PY  - 2023
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Chong, F., Spencer, M., Maximenko, N., Hafner, J., McWhirter, A. C., & Helm, R. R. (2023). High concentrations of floating neustonic life in the plastic-rich North Pacific Garbage Patch. PLOS Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001646

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