References

Throughout this blog I have used a wide range of references which have been HTML linked throughout. These are the specific articles that I have read in relation to this blog.


Cozar, A., Echevarria F., Gonzalez-Gordillo, J.I., Irigoien X., Ubeda B., Hernandez-Leon, S., Palma, A.T., Navarro, S., Garcia-de-Lomas, J., Ruiz, A., Fernandex-de-Puelles, M.L., Duarte, C.M., 2013 Plastic Debris In The Open Ocean, PNAS, vol 111 no. 28

1. Davison, P., 
2. Asch, R.G., 

(2011) Plastic ingestion by mesopelagic fishes in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 432:173–180

Dussud, C., Ghiglione J. F.,
Accessed via http://oceans.taraexpeditions.org/en/m/science/news/bacterial-degradation-of-synthetic-plastics/ on the 1/1/2016

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   1. Eriksen, M., 
   2. et al.

    (2013) Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre. Mar Pollut Bull 68(1–2):71–76.
   
   Ghiglione, J.F., Conan, P., and M. Pujo-Pay (2009) Diversity of total and active free-living vs. particle-attached bacteria in the euphotic zone of the NW Mediterranean Sea. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 299: 9-21. - See more at: http://oceans.taraexpeditions.org/en/m/science/news/bacterial-degradation-of-synthetic-plastics/#sthash.trY3b4tH.dpuf
   

   
   
   Goldstein, M.C., 
2. Rosenberg, M., 
3. Cheng, L., 

(2012) Increased oceanic microplastic debris enhances oviposition in an endemic pelagic insect. Biol Lett 8(5):817–820.\



Jambeck, J.R., (2015) Plastic waste inputs from land into ocean, Science, 472: 6223

1. Law, K.L., 
2. et al. 

(2010) Plastic accumulation in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. Science329(5996):1185–1188

1. Yarsley, V.E., 
2. Couzens E.G 

(1945) Plastics (Penguin, London).

1. Zettler, E.R., 
2. Mincer TJ, 
3. Amaral-Zettler LA

 (2013) Life in the “plastisphere”: Microbial communities on plastic marine debris. Environ Sci Technol 47(13):7137–7146