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March 16, 2024Marine Pollution BulletinOpen Access

Beached plastic and other anthropogenic debris in the inner Seychelles islands: Results of a citizen science approach

Alvania Lawen Jessica Lawen Andrew Turner

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Masses of plastic and other anthropogenic debris on beaches of inner Seychelles and derived from 53 organised clean-ups have been analysed. Debris and plastic densities ranged from 0.0011 to 0.1622 kg m

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synapsesocial.com/papers/68e73b96b6db6435876b51dd https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116176

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