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Looe Key (Florida Straits), Moore, Charles, 15
45–46, 47 Morbeck, Mateus, 25
LRAUV (long-range MPAs. See marine protected
autonomous underwater areas
vehicle), 29 Mr. Trash Wheel, 62
Mystic River oil leak (MA,
magnetite, 54 2018), 26
Mallos, Nicholas, 20
Mariana Trench (Pacific National Aeronautics and
Ocean), 6 Space Administration, 54
Marine Debris Program National Geographic Society,
(National Oceanic and 9, 15, 48
Atmospheric Administration), on coral death in Great
69 Barrier Reef, 9
marine protected areas National Oceanic and
(MPAs), 57 Atmospheric Administration
MARPOL (International (NOAA), 12
Convention for the monitoring of coral reefs by,
Prevention of Pollution from 9
Ships, 1973), 62–63 National Ocean Service, 69
McPhail, Ian, 51 on oceans’ absorption of
mercury, 37 heat energy, 51
poisoning incident in on oil spills, 21
Minamata, Japan involving, on sources of oil pollution,
40 23
methylmercury, 40 on watersheds, 26
microplastics, 7–8 National Ocean Service
consumption in food, 19 (National Oceanic and
estimated tonnage of, 17 Atmospheric Administration),
solution for removal from 69
ocean water, 53–54 National Research Council,
sources of, 16 24–25
Minamata, Japan, 40 Natural Resources Defense
Monterey Bay Aquarium Council, 11
Research Institute, 29 Nedimyer, Ken, 59–60, 61
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