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Complete source citation:

Causes and Effects of Ocean Pollution. Conserve Energy Future, 20 Jan. 2017,
www.conserve-energy-future.com/causes-and-effects-of-ocean-pollution.php.

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Sewage, toxic chemicals
from industry, land runoff,
oil spills, ocean mining,
littering
Degraded ecosystems,
human health hazards,
lower oxygen levels in
water
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All of these are causes of
ocean pollution. I can use
these in my paper to
explain where pollution in
the ocean comes from.
All of these are effects of
ocean pollution. These can
be used to inform what
happens when ocean
pollution occurs.

In my inquiry project paper, I am planning to look into the causes and effects
of ocean pollution and how the effects can be mitigated or fixed. The source above
highlights these causes and effects in a list format. I plan on using a lot of
information from this cite because it looks to be reliable information that pertains to
the topic that I am researching Ocean Pollution.
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Complete source citation:

Society, National Geographic. Great Pacific Garbage Patch. National Geographic
Society, 9 Oct. 2012, www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-
garbage-patch/.

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"Yet as I gazed from the deck
at the surface of what ought
to have been a pristine
ocean, I was confronted, as
far as the eye could see, with
the sight of plastic.
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I feel that this quote, when
used appropriately in my
paper, can give the reader
an idea on the magnitude
of ocean pollution

The Great Pacific Garbage I can use this text to

Patch, also known as the inform the reader that
Pacific trash vortex, spans pollution comes from
waters from the West every country. Its not the
Coast of North America to fault of one.
Japan. The patch is
actually comprised of the
Western Garbage Patch,
located near Japan, and the
Eastern Garbage Patch,
located between the U.S.
states of Hawaii and
California.

About 80% of the debris in This statistic can be used

the Great Pacific Garbage to inform the reader that
Patch comes from land- most ocean pollution
based activities in North come from land. Not boats
America and Asia. or oil rigs.

I plan to use this source as an example of the magnitude of ocean pollution. I

feel this sources information can enhance my paper by giving the reader an idea of
what ocean pollution really is. Everyone knows there is trash in the ocean. The idea
that there could be an area the size of Texas of trash floating on the oceans surface
is eye opening. This source also has quotes from people that have seen the garbage
patch first hand. I feel those quotes can support my paper and research as well.

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Complete source citation:

Blog. How Ocean Pollution Affects Humans - Planet Aid, Inc.,
www.planetaid.org/blog/how-ocean-pollution-affects-humans.

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5000 sq miles of the Gulf This is a statistic that can
of Mexico was almost be used when talking
devoid of life in 2014, due about the effects ocean
to pollution. pollution has on marine
life.
97% of the worlds water A reason not to pollute the
is in the ocean ocean
Ocean pollution decreases
the health of marine life,
which could then cause
sickness and disease to
humans when humans eat
fish and other marine life

This source provides a lot of facts on ocean pollution. Facts are always good
to have because they support an argument and cannot be disputed. I can use these
facts to prove the legitimacy of ocean pollution to the reader.
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Complete source citation:

Preventing Ocean Pollution. Greenpeace USA,
www.greenpeace.org/usa/oceans/preventing-pollution/

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By the year 2050, some Give the reader an idea of
estimate that there will be how bad ocean pollution
more plastics than fish in can get if we stay on the
the worlds oceans if we course that we are on
do not change course.

It is estimated that up to An idea of the amount of

12 million metric tons of pollution entering the
plastic enter our ocean oceans
each year.

Discarded plastic fishing How pollution effects

lines entangle turtles and marine life
seabirds, and plastic
pieces of all sizes choke
and clog the stomachs of
creatures who mistake it
for food, from tiny
zooplankton to whales.

This article was written by an expert on ocean pollution. Their observations

and ideas can be taken as expert opinion, which can be useful when writing a paper.
I feel that having quotes from an expert could help legitimize my research to the
reader.
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Complete source citation:

20 Facts About Ocean Pollution. Conserve Energy Future, 7 Jan. 2017,
www.conserve-energy-future.com/various-ocean-pollution-facts.php.

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Over one million seabirds Shows the toll ocean
are killed by ocean pollution takes on marine
pollution each year. Three life
hundred thousand
dolphins and porpoises
die each year as a result of
becoming entangled in
discarded fishing nets,
among other items. One
hundred thousand sea
mammals are killed in
the ocean each year

Toxic metals can destroy Pollution can torture

the biochemistry, animals before it
behavior, reproduction, eventually kills them
and growth in marine life.

Fertilizer runoff creates Agriculture is a huge part

eutrophication that of ocean pollution
flourishes algal bloom
(rapid increase or
accumulation in the
population of algae in
aquatic systems) which
depletes the oxygen
content in the water
that affects marine life.

I can use this source to get information about the effects pollution has on
organisms in the ocean. This source is mostly facts, and you can never have enough
facts. I can use these to further validate points that I come across during research,
and use in my paper.