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Travelling light: Fouling biota on macroplastics arriving on beaches of remote Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre
Rech, S.; Thiel, M.; Borrell Pichs, Y.J.; Garcia-Vazquez, E. (2018). Travelling light: Fouling biota on macroplastics arriving on beaches of remote Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 137: 119-128. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.10.015
In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. Macmillan: London. ISSN 0025-326X; e-ISSN 1879-3363, meer
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Non-indigenous species; Fouling assembly; Long-distance rafting; Marine anthropogenic litter; South Pacific Subtropical Gyre; Oceanic islands |
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- Rech, S.
- Thiel, M.
- Borrell Pichs, Y.J.
- Garcia-Vazquez, E., meer
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Marine anthropogenic debris was sampled from two beaches on the remote South Pacific island Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Abundance, composition, and the attached fouling assemblages on stranded litter were analysed. Most litter (n = 172 items found) was composed of plastic material, and 34% of all litter items were fouled. The main fouling species was the encrusting bryozoan Jellyella eburnea. Transporting vectors were exclusively made from plastics and were mainly small items and fragments, probably stemming from the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre. We present the first report of Planes major, Halobates sericeus, and Pocillopora sp. on anthropogenic litter in the South Pacific. |
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