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DOI	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.11.008
	Abundance and composition of floating marine macro litter on the eastern sector of the Mediterranean Sea
	Constantino E.; Martins I.; Salazar Sierra J.M.; Bessa F.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0025326X
起始页码	260
结束页码	265
卷号	138
英文摘要	Floating marine litter is known to be currently a widespread pollution problem, especially in the Mediterranean basin, but records on the levels of floating debris in the eastern part are less known. By using an observation platform (32 days, 137 transects, 1784 km), this study provides evidence of a high amount of floating debris in the Levantine sub-basin, within the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The density of floating litter varied between 18 and 1593 items km−2 (average 232 ± 325 items km−2), and small plastic debris accounted for >90% of the items surveyed. These values tend to be higher than densities reported for the central and western Mediterranean areas, which may be related to the circulation patterns and inputs from coastal sources. Significant correlations of floating macro litter density with wind force and sea state were found, thus strengthening the need to standardise protocols (including oceanographic variables) of visual surveys of floating debris. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Eastern Mediterranean; Marine litter; Plastics; Pollution; Surface waters
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Debris; Ocean currents; Plastics; Pollution; River pollution; Surface waters; Surveys; Circulation patterns; Eastern Mediterranean; Eastern Mediterranean sea; Levantine sub basins; Marine litter; Mediterranean basin; Pollution problems; Western Mediterranean; Marine pollution; abundance; correlation; marine pollution; plastic; pollutant source; pollution incidence; pollution monitoring; wind field; Article; chemical composition; environmental management; environmental monitoring; environmental parameters; environmental planning; geographic distribution; marine macro litter; Mediterranean Sea; oceanography; waste; environmental monitoring; Mediterranean Sea; statistics and numerical data; waste; water pollution; Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean Sea (East); Mediterranean Sea (West); plastic; Environmental Monitoring; Mediterranean Sea; Oceanography; Plastics; Waste Products; Water Pollution
来源期刊	Marine Pollution Bulletin
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/150212
作者单位	SPEA, Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves, Avenida Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, 87, 3°andar, Lisboa, 1070-062, Portugal; CIIMAR- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Novo Edifício do Terminal do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos S/N, Matosinhos, 4450-208, Portugal; Oceansea Conservación del Medio Marino, Calle Vizconde de Castelnou 3, Tarifa, Cádiz 11380, Spain; MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, 3004-517, Portugal
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Constantino E.,Martins I.,Salazar Sierra J.M.,et al. Abundance and composition of floating marine macro litter on the eastern sector of the Mediterranean Sea[J],2019,138.
APA	Constantino E.,Martins I.,Salazar Sierra J.M.,&Bessa F..(2019).Abundance and composition of floating marine macro litter on the eastern sector of the Mediterranean Sea.Marine Pollution Bulletin,138.
MLA	Constantino E.,et al."Abundance and composition of floating marine macro litter on the eastern sector of the Mediterranean Sea".Marine Pollution Bulletin 138(2019).