Where does the litter go? Surface drifters reveal pathways of floating marine debris in tidally influenced areas of the North Sea

Thomas H. Badewien, University of Oldenburg, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, Jens Meyerjürgens, University of Oldenburg, ICBM, Oldenburg, Germany, Emil V. Stanev, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany and Oliver Zielinski, University of Oldenburg, Marine Sensor Systems Group, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Oldenburg, Germany