Mangrove forests as traps for marine litter

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Mangrove forests, through pneumatophores, are filters that retain large floating plastic objects and therefore constitute a sink of marine plastic pollution.

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Martin, C., Almahasheer, H., & Duarte, C. M. (2019). Mangrove forests as traps for marine litter. Environmental Pollution, 247, 499–508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.067

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