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Plastic debris at ‘Garbage Patch’ colonized by coastal species

COURTESY OCEAN CLEANUP
                                Matthias Egger of The Ocean Cleanup inspects floating plastics he collected in collaboration with the “FloatEco” project during the 2018 expedition in the North Pacific Gyre.
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COURTESY OCEAN CLEANUP

Matthias Egger of The Ocean Cleanup inspects floating plastics he collected in collaboration with the “FloatEco” project during the 2018 expedition in the North Pacific Gyre.

OCEAN CLEANUP / SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
                                Coastal podded hydroid Aglaophenia pluma and open-ocean gooseneck barnacles Lepas were living on plastic collected in the North Pacific Gyre.
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OCEAN CLEANUP / SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Coastal podded hydroid Aglaophenia pluma and open-ocean gooseneck barnacles Lepas were living on plastic collected in the North Pacific Gyre.

COURTESY OCEAN CLEANUP
                                Matthias Egger of The Ocean Cleanup inspects floating plastics he collected in collaboration with the “FloatEco” project during the 2018 expedition in the North Pacific Gyre.
OCEAN CLEANUP / SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
                                Coastal podded hydroid Aglaophenia pluma and open-ocean gooseneck barnacles Lepas were living on plastic collected in the North Pacific Gyre.