Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2020
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
6 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Pacific Region
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
43890Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Plastic pollution - Marine - Impacts
Coastal and Marine - Oceania
Abstract
Pacific data are limited, but existing data show high proportions of plastic in the waste stream (Table 29.1), as marine litter, and as microplastics present throughout Pacific marine ecosystems, including in the guts of fish and their prey (SPREP 2016, Markic et al. 2018). In a 2011 study, plastics formed 12% of the waste stream in Honiara (SPREP 2017).
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2020
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
6 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Pacific Region
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
43890 Record Created: 11-Mar-2021
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022