Fig. 5: Mean net beaching and surface sinking rates in the Mediterranean Sea between 2014 and 2016. | Nature Communications

Fig. 5: Mean net beaching and surface sinking rates in the Mediterranean Sea between 2014 and 2016.

From: The streaming of plastic in the Mediterranean Sea

Fig. 5

Coastal gray dots show the net amount of plastic debris (kg) beached daily per kilometer of shoreline (gray scale at right). The surface sinking rates are the amounts of plastic debris (g) sinking in a square kilometer of surface each day due to biofouling (color scale at left).

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