Abstract：
:Efforts to curb pollution in the marine environment are covered by national and international legislation, yet weather balloons are released into the environment with no salvage agenda. Here, we assess impacts associated with weather balloons in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA). We use modeling to assess the probability of ocean endpoints for released weather balloons and predict pathways post-release. In addition, we use 21 months of data from beach cleanup events to validate our results and assess the abundance and frequency of weather balloon fragments in the GBRWHA. We found between 65% and 70% of balloons land in the ocean and ocean currents largely determine final endpoints. Beach cleanup data revealed 2460 weather balloon fragments were recovered from 24 sites within the GBRWHA. This is the first attempt to quantify this problem and these data will add support to a much-needed mitigation strategy for weather balloon waste.
journal_name
Mar Pollut Bulljournal_title
Marine pollution bulletinauthors
O'Shea OR,Hamann M,Smith W,Taylor Hdoi
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.12.047subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-02-15 00:00:00pages
61-8issue
1-2eissn
0025-326Xissn
1879-3363pii
S0025-326X(13)00795-9journal_volume
79pub_type
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2017-11-30 00:00:00
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更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
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更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Marine pollution bulletin
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00
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