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Plastic debris on the seabed from the southern North Sea (North Atlantic) in 1999. Plastics were counted after 30 min trawl time (16 m mouth, 20 mm mesh) at 64 stations (•) on the continental shelf. Results are given as items Ha–1 (10 000 m2).
