Floating marine macro litter: Density reference values and monitoring protocol settings from coast to offshore. Results from the MEDSEALITTER project

被引：21

作者：

Antonella, Arcangeli ^{[1
]}

Lea, David ^{[2
]}

Alex, Aguilar ^{[3
,4
]}

Fabrizio, Atzori ^{[5
]}

Asuncion, Borrell ^{[3
,4
]}

Ilaria, Campana ^{[6
]}

Lara, Carosso ^{[4
,5
]}

Roberto, Crosti ^{[1
]}

Gaelle, Darmon ^{[7
]}

Delphine, Gambaiani ^{[7
]}

Nathalie, Di-Meglio ^{[2
]}

Stefania, Di Vito ^{[8
]}

Francesca, Frau ^{[5
]}

Odei, Garcia-Garin ^{[3
,4
]}

Arianna, Orasi ^{[1
]}

Ohiana, Revuelta ^{[7
]}

Marine, Roul ^{[2
]}

Claude, Miaud ^{[7
]}

Morgana, Vighi ^{[3
,4
]}

机构：

[1] ISPRA, Via Brancati 48, Rome, Italy

[2] EcoOcean Inst, F-34090 Montpellier, France

[3] Univ Barcelona, Dept Evolutionary Biol Ecol & Environm Sci, Barcelona, Spain

[4] Univ Barcelona, Inst Biodivers Res IRBio, Barcelona, Spain

[5] Capo Carbonara MPA Municipal Villasimius, Via Roma 60, Villasimius, SU, Italy

[6] Accademia Leviatano, Via Ospedaletto 53, I-00054 Maccarese, RM, Italy

[7] Univ Paul Valery Montpellier 3, Univ Montpellier, EPHE PSL Univ, CEFE,CNRS,IRD, Montpellier, France

[8] Legambiente ONLUS, Via Salaria 403, I-00199 Rome, Italy

来源：

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN | 2020年 / 160卷

关键词：

Floating marine macro litter; Mediterranean Sea; Monitoring; Protocol; Density range; Assessment; PLASTIC DEBRIS; SEA; ACCUMULATION; WATERS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111647

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Monitoring Floating Marine Macro Litter (FMML) is a global priority, stressed within international programs, and regulated for the European Seas by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Although some well-defined common protocols exist for the assessment of beach litter and ingested litter, methodologies for FMML monitoring still vary, leading to some inconsistent results and hampering the global assessment of this threat. Within the MEDSEALITTER project (2016-2019), field experiments were implemented to define optimal monitoring parameters for FMML visual monitoring at different spatial scales, by assessing the influence of platform speed, strip width, observers experience, weather conditions, and litter size on its detectability. Along with the results of these experiments, we present the FMML density ranges detected across the over 20,000 km surveyed, highlighting a decreasing gradient from river mouths to coastal areas and the open sea, and providing a valuable contribution to the assessment of FMML in the Mediterranean Sea.

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