Marine plastic debris (IMAGE)

Duke University

Marine plastic debris

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Samples of plastic beach trash collected in Beaufort and Atlantic Beach, North Carolina and then subjected to underwater acoustic testing. Echo-locating whales may not be able to tell the difference between these objects and their real food.

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Greg Merrill, Duke University Marine Lab

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