The plastic currents in the oceans, 2018.
Discarded plastic moving around the ocean – on the surface, in the water
column and on the sea floor – sometimes comes to rest. The geographical
distribution of marine plastic debris is strongly influenced by the
entry points and the different transport pathways, which are in turn
determined by the density of plastic debris coupled with prevailing
currents, wind and waves (Rech et al., 2014).