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Importance-satisfaction analysis for marine-park hinterlands: A Western Australian case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Tourist use of national and marine parks continues to increase worldwide. Effective management depends on being able to evaluate the quality of visitors' experiences, as well as protecting the natural environment.
Moore, S.A., Tonge, J.
core   +2 more sources

Assessment of Marine Litter in the Coralligenous Habitat of a Marine Protected Area along the Ionian Coast of Sicily (Central Mediterranean)

open access: yesJournal 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Marine Litter Windrows: A Strategic Target to Understand and Manage the Ocean Plastic Pollution

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Food webs in forest and pasture streams in the Waikato region, New Zealand: A study based on analyses of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen, and fish gut contents. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Stable isotopes of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) were studied in 11 stream communities in the Waikato region of New Zealand. From comparisons of mean d13C and d15N values, food webs in the shaded, forest streams were clearly based on allochthonous material
Biggs B., Lester P. J., Main M. L.
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Hyperspectral Imaging Zero-Shot Learning for Remote Marine Litter Detection and Classification

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2022
This paper addresses the development of a novel zero-shot learning method for remote marine litter hyperspectral imaging data classification. The work consisted of using an airborne acquired marine litter hyperspectral imaging dataset that contains data ...
Sara Freitas, Hugo Silva, Eduardo Silva
doaj   +1 more source

Marine Litter : Technical Recommendations for the Implementation of MSFD Requirements [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
As a follow up to the Commission Decision on criteria and methodological standards on good environmental status (GES) of marine waters (Commission Decision 2010/477/EU), the Marine Directors requested Directorate General Environment in 2010 to establish ...
ALCARO Luigi   +25 more
core   +1 more source

Investigation of benthic marine litter in the Yumurtalık Fishing Port

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2021
Marine litter, which can be seen in almost all seas in recent years, is a serious problem for the environment. Similarly, the same problem also exists in Turkey's seas.
Özgür Yılmaz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Who’s Responsible? Issues in Eradicating Marine Litter In Aceh Jaya Regency [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
Marine debris is any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment. Debris problem in coastal areas becomes an urgent issue and concerns many countries across the world ...
Kusumawati Ika   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Micro- and nanoplastic pollution of freshwater and wastewater treatment systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Plastic waste is a widespread and persistent global challenge with negative impacts on the environment, economy, human health and aesthetics. Plastic pollution has been a focus of environmental research over the past few decades, particularly in relation
Blair, Reina   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Litter traps: A comparison of four marine habitats as sinks for anthropogenic marine macro-litter in Singapore

open access: yesMarine Pollution Bulletin, 2023
The potential for marine litter being trapped in biodiverse marine habitats such as mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and coral reefs is poorly understood. This study presents the first comprehensive investigation on the status of macro-litter across four marine habitats in Singapore during the two monsoonal seasons.
Fong, J   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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