RESEARCH ARTICLES
Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Limitations
What are the main parts of the research article?
|An article goes through an official editorial process that involves review, judging and approval by the author's peers
What is a peer reviewed article?
Relating to, or resulting from the influence of human beings on nature
What is anthropogenic?
Plastic bags, bottle caps, tires, fishing gear
What is marine debris?
Who is Rachel Carson?
Phd, Head of Department of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Mote Labratory,
What are the credentials?
The potential for ingestion of plastic particles by open ocean filter feeders was assessed by measuring the relative abundance and mass of neustonic plastic and zooplankton near the central high-pressure area of the North Pacific central gyre
What is the method of the research?
Capable of decomposing in nature within a reasonably short period of time.
What is biodegradable?
participants or samples
Who are the subjects of the study?
critical, aggressive, cynical
What is the author's tone?
Dixon, T.J., Dixon, T.R., 1981. Marine litter distribution and composition in the North Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 14, 145–148.
What is a bibliography? Or what is a reference?
Marine debris is a visible expression of human impact on the marine environment. Debris is more than an aesthetic problem, posing a danger to marine organisms through ingestion and entanglement (Day 1980, Balazs 1985, Fowler 1987, Ryan 1987, Robards 1993, Bjorndal et al. 1994, Laist 1997). The number of marine mammals that die each year due to ingestion and entanglement approaches 100,000 in the North Pacific Ocean alone (Wallace 1985).
What is the real world problem?
a circular or spiral motion of ocean water
What is a gyre?
Floating Laboratory Intrument Platform
What is FLIP?
The author ARGUES/ RAISES THE POINT/ CRITICIZES/ REFUTES/ SUPPORTS/ COMMENDS
What are effective verbs to refer to source material?
The impacts of litter on marine wildlife, tourism and human health have been documented (Dixon and Dixon, 1981; Joyner and Frew, 1991; Corbin and Singh, 1993; Williams et al., 1993; Philipp et al., 1994).
What is a citation?
Many studies have focused on the ingestion of small debris by birds because their stomach contents can be regurgitated by researchers in the field without causing harm to the animal
What is the previous research?
A general term for the entire community of microscopic free-floating organisms,
What is plankton?
is a common name for a phenomenon known as an algal bloom
What is red tide?
a person who informs on a person or organization engaged in an illicit activity.
What is a whistleblower?
More research, especially long-term monitoring programs can provide input for conservation management and evidence that could be used to demand from local and regional authorities more efforts to mitigate the problem.
What is a recommendation for real world.
Less well studied are the effects of ingestible debris on fish, and no studies have been conducted on filter-feeding organisms, whose feeding mechanisms do not permit them to distinguish between debris and plankton. Moreover, no studies have compared the amount of neustonic debris to that of plankton to assess the potential effects on filter feeders.
What is the purpose of current research?
CO2 forms carbonic acid when it dissolves in water, and the oceans are soaking up more and more of it
What is ocean acidification?
when the fauna in the ocean die off
What is marine defaunation?
Alerts readers that there are problems and issues with research that has already been published in the journal.
What is an editorial expression of concern?