title: Floating plastic in the Kuroshio Current area, western North Pacific Ocean.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Bioresource, Mie University, 1515 Kamihama-Cho, Tsu 514-8507, Japan. yamre-15@fish.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Rei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanimura
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D010969:Plastics / Q000032:analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014872:Water Movements; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics; D014873:Water Pollutants