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Modeling of small sea floaters in the central Mediterranean Sea: seasonality of at-sea distributions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Floating marine debris represent a threat to marine and coastal ecology. Since the Mediterranean basin is one of the highly impacted regions, both by the coastal pollution as well as from sea traffic, the potential harm of a floating pollution on the ...
Kumkar, Yogesh, Shchekinova, Elena
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Evaluating Marine Debris Trends and the Potential of Incineration in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Southern Bali, Indonesia

open access: yesJurnal Ilmiah Perikanan dan Kelautan, 2021
Highlight Research: • The potential calorific value of marine debris obtained from calculating the total waste is 12.05 MJ/kg, which still falls within the incinerator application's standard criteria.
I Wayan Koko Suryawan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Including local voices in marine debris conversations to advance environmental justice for island and coastal communities: perspectives from St. Paul Island, Alaska

open access: yesFACETS, 2023
Marine debris is ubiquitous across the global ocean and is an increasing threat to human health, economies, habitats, and wildlife. While local to national action plans are important in addressing this issue, they do not necessarily reflect the needs of ...
Veronica M. Padula   +4 more
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Komposisi dan Distribusi Sampah Laut di Pantai Pasir Putih Losari, Brebes, Jawa Tengah

open access: yesJurnal Kelautan Tropis, 2023
The coastal area is an important sector in the tourism industry, which plays as an affected area but also a contributor to marine debris. Therefore, environmental health risks due to Marine debris have become a major concern at the international ...
Rijal Amri   +5 more
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Quantitative overview of marine debris ingested by marine megafauna

open access: yesMarine Pollution Bulletin, 2020
This review quantifies plastic interaction in marine biota. Firstly, entanglement and ingestion records for all marine birds, mammals, turtles, fish, and invertebrate species, are summarized from 747 studies. Marine debris affected 914 species through entanglement and/or ingestion. Ingestion was recorded for 701 species, entanglement was documented for
Kühn, Susanne   +1 more
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Temporal trends in anthropogenic marine macro-debris and micro-debris accumulation on the California Channel Islands

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Accumulation of anthropogenic marine debris on shorelines is an issue of global concern, even impacting areas that are remote, uninhabited, or have protected area status.
Clare L. W. Steele   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Temporal Trends and Potential Drivers of Stranded Marine Debris on Beaches Within Two US National Marine Sanctuaries Using Citizen Science Data

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2020
Marine debris is a threat to our ocean that can be more effectively addressed through monitoring and assessment of items stranded on shorelines. This study engaged citizen scientists to conduct shoreline marine debris surveys according to a published ...
Amy V. Uhrin   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Marine Debris on New Zealand Beaches - Baseline Data to Evaluate Regional Variances

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2021
Terrestrial sources of marine debris on beaches are substantial, increasing, and are primarily a result of mismanaged waste on land. The scale, source, and composition of beached marine debris in New Zealand was determined by surveying 41 beaches, with ...
Ella van Gool   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lobster trap debris in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: distribution, abundance, density, and patterns of accumulation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The fishery for spiny lobster Panulirus argus in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is well chronicled, but little information is available on the prevalence of lost or abandoned lobster traps.
Lewis, Cynthia   +2 more
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Marine debris plan [PDF]

open access: yesEos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 2008
A new U.S. federal interagency report on preventing and reducing marine debris focuses on responses to debris already in the environment, prevention of debris, research and development, and coordination among agencies. The report, released on 22 September, was prepared by 11 federal agencies and is intended to guide the strategies of federal agencies ...
openaire   +1 more source

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