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Marine Anthropogenic Litter [PDF]

, 2015
This book describes how manmade litter, primarily plastic, has spread into the remotest parts of the oceans and covers all aspects of this pollution problem from the impacts on wildlife and human health to socio-economic and political issues. Marine litter is a prime threat to marine wildlife, habitats and food webs worldwide.
Bergmann, Melanie, Gutow, Lars, Klages, Michael   +2 more
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Marine Litter on the Coast of the Algarve: Main Sources and Distribution Using a Modeling Approach

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021
The accumulation of floating marine litter poses a serious threat to the global environment and the economy all over the world, particularly of coastal municipalities that rely on tourism and recreational activities. Data of marine litter is thus crucial,
Eloah Rosas, Flávio Martins, João Janeiro   +2 more
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ADDRESSING THE CLASS IMBALANCE PROBLEM IN THE AUTOMATIC IMAGE CLASSIFICATION OF COASTAL LITTER FROM ORTHOPHOTOS DERIVED FROM UAS IMAGERY [PDF]

ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) has been recently used for mapping marine litter on beach-dune environment. Machine learning algorithms have been applied on UAS-derived images and orthophotos for automated marine litter items detection.
D. Duarte, D. Duarte, U. Andriolo, G. Gonçalves, G. Gonçalves   +4 more
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Impacts of Marine Litter on Mediterranean Reef Systems: From Shallow to Deep Waters

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Biogenic reefs are known worldwide to play a key role in benthic ecosystems, enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at every level, from shallow to deeper waters. Unfortunately, several stressors threaten these vulnerable systems.
Michela Angiolillo, Michela Angiolillo, Tomaso Fortibuoni, Tomaso Fortibuoni   +3 more
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Assessment of Marine Litter in the Barents Sea, a Part of the Joint Norwegian–Russian Ecosystem Survey

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018
This study presents a large-scale monitoring of marine litter performed in the joint Norwegian–Russian ecosystem monitoring surveys in the period from 2010 to 2016 and contribute to documentation of the extent of marine litter in the Barents Sea.
Bjørn E. Grøsvik, Tatiana Prokhorova, Elena Eriksen, Pavel Krivosheya, Per A. Horneland, Dmitry Prozorkevich   +5 more
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A Survey of Marine Coastal Litters around Zhoushan Island, China and Their Impacts

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021
Rapid development of the economy increased marine litter around Zhoushan Island. Social-ecological scenario studies can help to develop strategies to adapt to such change.
Xuehua Ma, Yi Zhou, Luyi Yang, Jianfeng Tong   +3 more
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How to Deal With Seafloor Marine Litter: An Overview of the State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Marine litter is a significant and growing pollutant in the oceans. In recent years, the number of studies and initiatives trying to assess and tackle the global threat of marine litter has grown exponentially.
Fantina Madricardo, Michol Ghezzo, Nicoletta Nesto, William Joseph Mc Kiver, Gian Claudio Faussone, Riccardo Fiorin, Federico Riccato, Peter Charles Mackelworth, Peter Charles Mackelworth, Jelena Basta, Francesca De Pascalis, Aleksandra Kruss, Antonio Petrizzo, Vanessa Moschino   +13 more
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Detection of Floating Marine Litter Transport Structure Based on Particle Relative Dispersion in Mulan Bay, Hainan [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Based 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
doaj   +1 more source

Marine Litter in Nordic waters [PDF]

, 2015
This report provides an overview of the currently available data from studies on marine litter in the Nordic countries.
Strand, Jakob, Tairova, Zhanna, Danielsen, Jóhannis, Hansen, Jens Würgler, Magnusson, Kerstin, Naustvoll, Lars-Johan, Sørensen, Thomas Kirk   +6 more
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Assessment of Marine Litter in the Coralligenous Habitat of a Marine Protected Area along the Ionian Coast of Sicily (Central Mediterranean)

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020
In the Mediterranean Sea, the coralligenous is an extremely important habitat for its biodiversity and role in carbon sequestration. However, coralligenous biocenosis is sensitive to many anthropogenic impacts, among which one of the major threats is the
Luca Giuseppe Costanzo, Giuliana Marletta, Giuseppina Alongi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source