Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

• Marcus Eriksen ,

  * E-mail: marcus@5gyres.org

  Affiliation Five Gyres Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Laurent C. M. Lebreton,

  Affiliation Dumpark Data Science, Wellington, New Zealand

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• Henry S. Carson,

  Affiliations Marine Science Department, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, Washington, United States of America

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• Martin Thiel,

  Affiliations Facultad Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile, Millennium Nucleus Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Island (ESMOI), Coquimbo, Chile, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Coquimbo, Chile

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• Charles J. Moore,

  Affiliation Algalita Marine Research and Education, Long Beach, California, United States of America

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• Jose C. Borerro,

  Affiliation eCoast Limited, Raglan, New Zealand

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• Francois Galgani,

  Affiliation Departement Océanographie et Dynamique des Ecosystemes, Institut français de recherche pour l′exploitation de la mer (Ifremer), Bastia, Corsica, France

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• Peter G. Ryan,

  Affiliation Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

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• Julia Reisser

  Affiliation School of Environmental Systems Engineering and Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Australia

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