Study on new shore contamination by polystyrene of marine debris -investigations of Taiwan-

• Main Authors: Amamiya, Keiji, Saido, Katsuhiko, Sato, Hideto, Ou, Chih Ming, Lejano, Bernardo A., Che, Qingming
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2010
• Subjects: Marine debris > Taiwan; Marine debris > Japan; Marine debris > Philippines; Marine pollution > Taiwan; Marine pollution > Japan; Marine pollution > Philippines; Polystyrene; Coastal zone management > Taiwan; Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2767
• Institution: De La Salle University

Every year, a huge quantity of plastic marine debris is swept ashore in Japanese coastal areas. When polystyrene decompose the styrene oligomers are produced. Since some of the styrene oligomers are toxic, it is important to understand the pollution situation of the coastal areas, and to determine h...