About the Authors

Emily M. Duncan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ed291@exeter.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Alasdair Davies

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, United Kingdom

Amy Brooks

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Engineering, New Materials Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, WildTeam, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Brendan J. Godley

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Jenna Jambeck

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Engineering, New Materials Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Taylor Maddalene

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, United States of America

Imogen Napper

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Marine Litter Research Unit, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Sarah E. Nelms

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Centre for Circular Economy, University of Exeter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Craig Rackstraw

Roles Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Icoteq Ltd, Bath, United Kingdom

Heather Koldewey

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The author CR is employed by a commercial company: Icoteq Ltd, who were hired as subcontractors to develop elements of the hardware used in this project. All hardware and software developed by Icoteq Ltd is licenced under GPLv3 & CERN 1.2, both open source licensing agreements. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.