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Marine plastics found at Heard Island and Macquarie Island

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This project monitored plastics at the four-bays area on Heard Island and at Sandell Bay on Macquarie Island. It characterised plastics by infra-red spectroscopy both from the beach collection and small pieces from fur-seal stomachs and cormorant boluses. The aim was to assess human impact on the ocean by measuring plastic abundance and type.

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AMD | CEOS | Debris | FIELD INVESTIGATION | FIELD SURVEYS | Flotsam | Marine Debris | garbage | rubbish |

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