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Abundance and composition of marine litter on the seafloor of the gulf of sant jordi (Western mediterranean sea)

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    Identificador: imarina:9230640
    Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina9230640
    Autores:
    Saladié ÒBustamante E
    Resumen:
    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.

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    Autor según el artículo: Saladié Ò; Bustamante E
    Departamento: Geografia
    Autor/es de la URV: Saladié Borraz, Òscar
    Palabras clave: 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
    Resumen: 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.
    Grupo de investigación: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics
    Áreas temáticas: 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
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Direcció de correo del autor: oscar.saladie@urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-7989-0717
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-07-27
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/8/10/106
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Environments. 8 (10):
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes 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
    DOI del artículo: 10.3390/environments8100106
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2021
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications

  • Palabras clave:

    Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Environmental Science (Miscellaneous),Environmental Sciences,Geography, Planning and Development,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
    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
    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

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