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Detection of Floating Marine Litter Transport Structure Based on Particle Relative Dispersion in Mulan Bay, Hainan [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesBased on the FVCOM model and particle tracking model, this study simulates the material transport process in Mulan Bay and the surrounding sea areas of Hainan, and analyzes the dispersion characteristics and transport structure of the floating marine ...
Li Qiaoqiao, Zhang Xueqing
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, 2017 The marine environment is directly linked to human life. Healthy oceans have always been important to mankind as all life depends on them. Nowadays, marine litter, mainly plastic, is found widespread in the environment, in all sea compartments, posing one of the major threats for the marine environment.
Christos Ioakeimidis +2 more
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Overview of the marine litter status in the Atlantic Area: floating litter [PDF]
, 2021 CleanAtlantic is an INTERREG Atlantic Area Programme project that aimed at protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Atlantic Area by improving capabilities to monitor, prevent and remove (macro) marine litter. Besides, the project also contributed to raise awareness and change attitudes among stakeholders and to improve marine litter ...
Gago, J. (Jesús) +6 more
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Overview of the marine litter status in the Atlantic Area: beach, floating and seabed litter [PDF]
, 2021 CleanAtlantic is an INTERREG Atlantic Area Programme project that aimed at protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Atlantic Area by improving capabilities to monitor, prevent and remove (macro) marine litter. Besides, the project also contributed to raise awareness and change attitudes among stakeholders and to improve marine litter ...
Gago, J. (Jesús) +11 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 The issue of marine plastic pollution has been extensively studied by various scientific disciplines in recent decades due to its global threat. However, owing to its complexity, it requires an interdisciplinary approach to develop effective management ...
Jens Meyerjürgens +15 more
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Marine Litter Detection by Sentinel-2: A Case Study in North Adriatic (Summer 2020)
Remote Sensing, 2022 Aggregates of floating materials detected in North Adriatic in six Sentinel-2 scenes of August 2020 have been investigated. Most of the floating materials were identified by the chlorophyll red edge and consisted of vegetal materials, probably conveyed ...
Achille Carlo Ciappa
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Marine Litter Windrows: A Strategic Target to Understand and Manage the Ocean Plastic Pollution
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Windrow is a long-established term for the aggregations of seafoam, seaweeds, plankton and natural debris that appear on the ocean surface. Here, we define a “litter windrow” as any aggregation of floating litter at the submesoscale domain (<10 km ...
Andrés Cózar +7 more
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Marine Litter and Grading of the Coastal Areas of Ambon Bay, Indonesia
Omni-Akuatika, 2021 The coastal is frequently impacted by marine litter that damages marine wildlife and causes economic loss to fishing and maritime industries. In this study, we described the quantity of marine litter in the inner and outer of Ambon Bay.
Corry Yanti Manullang +4 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Large scale convergence regions of floating marine litter are commonly observed in semi-enclosed seas as the Bay of Biscay. However, clean-up activities on such accumulation regions are limited by the spread of the large-size floating litter on the sea ...
Irene Ruiz +7 more
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Designing Unmanned Aerial Survey Monitoring Program to Assess Floating Litter Contamination
Remote Sensing, 2022 Monitoring marine contamination by floating litter can be particularly challenging since debris are continuously moving over a large spatial extent pushed by currents, waves, and winds.
Sílvia Almeida +6 more
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