Table 1 Composition of marine debris found during five surveys in the summer of 2013/14 and 2014/15 on the Barton Peninsula of King George Island, Antarctica.
Description | Material | Mass (kg) | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 0.01 | 0.01–0.1 | 0.1–0.5 | 0.5–1.0 | > 1.0 | |||
Rope | Plastic | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9.30 |
Polyurethane foam | Plastic | 13 | 2 | 10.71 | |||
Plastic fragment | Plastic | 18 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29.30 |
Plastic bottle | Plastic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5.71 | ||
Polystyrene | Plastic | 22 | 1 | 1 | 17.14 | ||
Cargo debris | Plastic | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.14 | |
Metal wire | Metal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.57 | |
Metal fragment | Metal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.29 |
Rubber fragment | Rubber | 1 | 0.71 | ||||
Tile fragment | Ceramic | 1 | 0.71 | ||||
Float fragment | Glass | 1 | 0.71 | ||||
Clothing fragment | Others | 1 | 0.71 | ||||
Paper | Paper | 5 | 3.57 | ||||
Wood fragment | Wood | 1 | 0.71 | ||||
Food | Others | 8 | 5.72 | ||||
