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The First World War at Sea: Death, Commemoration and Cultural Remembrance
History, EarlyView.Abstract Despite the ever‐increasing body of work devoted to war memorials, national days of remembrance and the commemoration of the First World War in Britain, academic focus remains firmly on the commemoration of the First World War on land. Yet, while the number of people who died at sea paled in comparison to their counterparts on the battlefield ...
ROWAN THOMPSON
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Nautical Tourism Vessels as a Source of Seafloor Litter: An ROV Survey in the North Adriatic Sea
Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringMarine litter threatens ocean ecosystems, and nautical tourism, as a source of litter, contributes significantly. This paper presents a qualitative and quantitative study of seafloor litter in the Bay of Selehovica in the northern Adriatic Sea.
Livia Maglić +2 more
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Marine Debris Survey Manual [PDF]
, 1992 Over the last several years, concern has increased about the amount of man-made materials lost or discarded at sea and the potential impacts to the environment. The scope of the problem depends on the amounts and types of debris.
Dixon, Trevor R. +2 more
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Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to eradicate poverty, protect the environment, and promote prosperity through 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Achieving these goals requires a multi‐sectoral approach. Maritime transportation, vital to the global economy, significantly contributes to several SDGs and plays a strategic ...
Cátia Sousa +3 more
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Fulmar Litter EcoQO Monitoring in the Netherlands 1979 - 2007 in relation to EU Directive 2000/59/EC on Port Reception Facilities [PDF]
Operational and cargo related wastes from ships are an important source of litter in the marine environment in the southern North Sea and cause serious economical and ecological damage. Marine litter monitoring program using plastic abundance in stomachs
Franeker, J.A., van +3 more
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Microbial population in phyllosphere of mangroves grow in different salinity zones of Bhitarkanika (India). [PDF]
, 2009 Microbial population in phyllosphere of mangroves grow in different salinity zones of Bhitarkanika (India). The bacterial and fungal populations in phyllosphere of mangrove plants were investigated in order to evaluate differences in their occurrence ...
Basak, Uday Chand +2 more
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300 Years of Degradation in Wales Estuaries and Coasts
Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The world's oceans are in a severe state of degradation, yet our understanding of that degradation is often based on changes observed only in the past 20–50 years. This narrow view leads to marine conservation efforts that aim to preserve already degraded ecosystems, shaped by shifted ecological baselines.
Richard K. F. Unsworth +3 more
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The African Marine Litter Outlook
, 2023 This open access book provides a cross-sectoral, multi-scale assessment of marine litter in Africa with a focus on plastics. From distribution, to impacts on environmental and human health, this book looks at what is known scientifically. It includes a policy analysis of the instruments that currently exist, and what is needed to help Africa tackle ...
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Evaluation of the Wadden Sea Particularly sensitive Sea Area. On behalf of the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat. [PDF]
, 2010 The purpose of this document is to present the high level outcomes for the evaluation of the effectiveness of the Wadden Sea PSSA, seven years after its designation by the IMO.
Butt, Nickie +4 more
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Enabling FAIR Research in Earth Science through Research Objects [PDF]
, 2018 Data-intensive science communities are progressively adopting FAIR practices that enhance the visibility of scientific breakthroughs and enable reuse.
Albani, Mirko +26 more
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