New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Accumulation and distribution of virgin plastic granules on New Zealand beaches

Murray R. Gregory

Department of Geology, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland,
New Zealand

Abstract Numbers of pellets are greatest near Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch, which are the important source areas. However, pellets are also found on beaches remote from these cities, and some may have come from eastern Australia. Because they degrade slowly, plastics can be a significant contributor to coastal pollution, but the environmental hazards of their accumulation are uncertain.

N.Z. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 12 (4): 399-414
Received 24 August 1977; revision received 17 April 1978.

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