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A new paper that may be of interest:
Deep-sea litter: a comparison of seamounts, banks and a ridge in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans reveals both environmental and anthropogenic factors impact accumulation and composition: http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2015.00003/abstract
Woodall LC, Robinson LF, Rogers AD, Narayanaswamy BE and Paterson GLJ (2015) Deep-sea litter: a comparison of seamounts, banks and a ridge in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans reveals both environmental and anthropogenic factors impact accumulation and composition.Front. Mar. Sci. 2:3. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2015.00003