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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Floating marine litter (FML) is a global problem with significant risks to marine life and human health. In semi-enclosed basins like the Black Sea, slow water replenishment and strong input from European rivers create conditions that can lead to the ...
Leidy M. Castro-Rosero +3 more
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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 +2 more
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Marine litter colonization: Methodological challenges and recommendations
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Marine litter colonization by marine invertebrate species is a major global concern resulting in the dispersal of potentially invasive species has been widely reported.
G. De-la-Torre +4 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 +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 +4 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 The Citizen Observation of Local Litter in coastal ECosysTems (COLLECT) project (2021-2022) is a citizen science initiative, supported by the Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO), which aimed to acquire distribution and abundance data ...
A. Catarino +23 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 +3 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 +3 more
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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 +5 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 +13 more
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