Monitoring floating microlitter in offshore waters by manta-trawl (collaboration with iFADO project)
| Autor: | Soliño, L (Lucía), Pérez, P. (Patricia), Gago, J. (Jesús) |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | e-IEO. Repositorio Institucional Digital de Acceso Abierto del Instituto Español de Oceanografía instname |
| Popis: | Floating marine litter is a recurrent pollutant in the Atlantic and worldwide oceans which has attracted increasing attention in the latest years. Meso- and microplastics derived from industrial pellets or through debris degradation have been also reported in surface and subsurface water samples from Atlantic coast and high-seas. The need of microplastic monitoring and assessment in EU countries and the Atlantic Area calls for the establishment of standardized sampling protocols and methods. In this work, the application of manta-trawl for micro-litter monitoring in coastal and offshore waters of the Galician coast (NW Spain) was assessed. The results obtained in this work suggest a moderate micro-litter density in both coastal and offshore stations. Also, manta-trawl was proved to be a feasible tool for surface and subsurface meso and micro-litter collection. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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