Message in a bottle: Open source technology to track the movement of plastic pollution

• Emily M. Duncan ,

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

  * E-mail: ed291@exeter.ac.uk

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-7097

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• 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

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• 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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9949-579X

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• Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Brendan J. Godley,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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• 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

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• Taylor Maddalene,

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

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

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• Imogen Napper,

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

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

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• 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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2780-2877

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• Craig Rackstraw,

  Roles Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Icoteq Ltd, Bath, United Kingdom

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• 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

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