Title |
Assessment of riverine plastic flux in Pulot River and its tributary in Sofronio Española, Palawan, Philippines |
Authors |
Arlene S. Escañan and Hernando P. Bacosa |
Publication date |
2023 |
Journal |
Journal of Marine and Island Cultures |
Volume |
v11n2 |
Pages |
13-24 |
Abstract |
The Philippines is the world’s third major contributor to global marine plastic pollution and the biggest polluter of riverine
plastics into the sea. Several rivers in Philippines including those in Palawan, the country’s Last Frontier, are assumed to
be the main pathways of land-based plastic waste into the ocean. However, variations, model estimations and plastic
litter’s composition among rivers remains uncertain due to lack of |
Index terms / Keywords |
temporal variations, flow velocity, macroplastic |
DOI |
10.21463/jmic.2022.11.2.02 |