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Tudor, D.T., Williams, A.T. (2019). Marine Debris-Onshore, Offshore, and Seafloor Litter. In: Finkl, C.W., Makowski, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93806-6_207
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