Marine litter on the beaches of the Kanyakumari, Southern India: An assessment of their abundance and pollution indices

被引：24

作者：

Perumal, Karthikeyan ^{[1
]}

Muthuramalingam, Subagunasekar ^{[2
]}

Chellaiyan, Stella ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Alagappa Univ, Sch Marine Sci, Dept Oceanog, Coastal Area Studies, Karaikkudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India

[2] Gandhigram Rural Inst, Ctr Geoinformat, Sch Hlth Sci & Rural Dev, Dindigul 624302, Tamil Nadu, India

来源：

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN | 2023年 / 186卷

关键词：

Marine litter; CCI; PAI; Plastics; Kanyakumari beach; SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION; PLASTIC DEBRIS; MICROPLASTICS; ACCUMULATION; SEA; ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN; IMPACTS; REMOTE; ISLAND;

D O I：

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114443

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The problem of marine litter is increasing along the Indian coast. For conducting a baseline study to identify and assess the abundance, clean-coast index (CCI), and plastics abundance index (PAI) of marine litter were calcu-lated on the beaches of Kanyakumari, Southern India. A total of 11,439 marine litter items were collected and classified into 33 groups along the 7 beaches of Kanyakumari. From the results, plastics were the most abundant items (65.08 %) followed by foam (21.93 %), along with cloths (4.59 %), rubber (3.09 %), papers (2.26 %), glass (2.16 %), metal (0.38 %), wood (0.26 %), and others (0.26 %). The average CCI value (27.24) indicates that all beaches are 'extremely dirty'; however, the PAI average value (4.37) indicates 'high abundance'. About 96.87 % of the marine litter originates from the land-based sources. This study provides an interpretive framework for further plastic pollution assessment, which could lead to a better marine litter management on Indian beaches.

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