Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world's oceans.

By Laurent Lebreton, S. Greer, J. Borrero. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2012

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Subfields: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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(Nano)plastics in the environment - Sources, fates and effects. (2016, background): “Most of these particles endup in our oceans (Lebreton et al., 2012; Sheavly and Register, 2007) and their distribution has been modeled (Enders et al., 2015; Maximenko et al., 2012), with some experimental data supporting these mathematical simulations (Carson et al., 2013; Eriksen et al., 2013b;…”
A global inventory of small floating plastic debris (2015, methodology): “…a nearly independent plankton net dataset (680 trawls), Eriksen et al (2014) computed a global estimate of floating plastic (0.33–200mm in size; 66 140 metric tons) using a different oceanographic model (Lebreton et al 2012)whose output was scaled by the globally measured plastic concentration.”
The Parcels v2.0 Lagrangian framework: new field interpolation schemes (2019, neutral): “…coral larvae (e.g.25 Thomas et al., 2014), plastics (e.g. Lebreton et al., 2012; Onink et al., 2018) ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: (e.g. Lebreton et al., 2012; Onink et al., 2019), fish (e.g Phillips et al., 2018), icebergs (e.g. Marsh et al., 2015), and many more different types :::…”
Modeling marine surface microplastic transport to assess optimal removal locations (2016, methodology): “Unlike the Maximenko model (Maximenko et al 2012) and Lebreton model (Lebreton et al 2012), the van Sebille model assumes that plastics do not wash ashore.”
Lagrangian ocean analysis: Fundamentals and practices (2018, background): “…such as larvae (e.g. Cowen et al., 2006; Paris et al., 2005; Teske et al., 2015; Cetina-Heredia et al., 2015; Phelps et al., 2015), plastics (e.g. Lebreton et al., 2012), microbes (e.g. Hellweger et al., 2014), planktic foraminifera (e.g. van Sebille et al., 2015), jellyfish (e.g. Dawson et al.,…”
Does size and buoyancy affect the long-distance transport of floating debris? (2015, background): “The locations of these accumulation zones have been predicted usingmodels based on surface drift data (Lebreton et al 2012, Maximenko et al 2012, van Sebille et al 2012), and generally correspond well with empirical data on the distribution of litter at sea (e.g. Cózar et al 2014, Eriksen et al…”
Marine litter as habitat and dispersal vector (2015, background): “…models have been used to identify drift trajectories and major accumulation zones of floating marine litter in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean (Lebreton et al. 2012; Maximenko et al. 2012), which could be confirmed by field surveys (see for example Law et al. 2010; Goldstein et al. 2013).”
A Global Perspective on Microplastics (2020, methodology): “Lebreton et al. (2012) used predictions of plastic input into the oceans, combined with Lagrangian particle tracking and surface ocean circulation models to estimate microplastic distribution.”
Plastic debris in the open ocean (2014, background): “The distribution pattern agreed with those predicted from ocean surface circulation models (6, 7), confirming the accumulation of plastic debris in the convergence zone of each of the five large subtropical gyres.”