Author, as appears in the article.: Saladié Ò; Bustamante E
Department: Geografia
URV's Author/s: Saladié Borraz, Òscar
Keywords: Western mediterranean sea Spatial-distribution Plastic Marine litter Gulf of sant jordi Depth of trawling Catalonia Bottom trawl survey western mediterranean sea plastic debris plastic northern impacts gulf of sant jordi fishing grounds depth of trawling coastal areas catalonia bottom trawl survey
Abstract: This article analyzes the abundance and composition of marine litter in the Gulf of Sant Jordi (Catalonia, Spain). Marine litter was removed from the sea by a fishing trawler operating from the port of L’Ametlla de Mar; 56 hauls were performed between July and September 2018. The marine litter was classified following UNEP/IOC Guidelines on Survey and Monitoring of Marine Litter and EU MSFD Technical Group on Marine Litter Joint List, with a total of 2691 items collected and an average number by haul of 48 (SD 28.24). The density was 130 items km−2 but with significant differences according to trawling depth: 192 items km−2 (≤100 m) and 71.5 items km−2 (>100 m). As expected, plastic was the most commonly found material, comprising almost 80% of the total. The relative presence of plastics declined as trawling depth increased. An alarmingly high amount of sanitary waste was found. Further studies are necessary to compare summer results with those of smaller seasonal populations and to analyze what happens to sanitary waste.
Research group: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics
Thematic Areas: Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment Management, monitoring, policy and law Geography, planning and development General environmental science Environmental sciences Environmental science (miscellaneous) Environmental science (all) Ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics Ecology Ciencias sociales
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: oscar.saladie@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-7989-0717
Record's date: 2024-07-27
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Environments. 8 (10):
APA: Saladié Ò; Bustamante E (2021). Abundance and composition of marine litter on the seafloor of the gulf of sant jordi (Western mediterranean sea). Environments, 8(10), -. DOI: 10.3390/environments8100106
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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