| Autor: |
Rym Ben Dhiab, Rafika Challouf, Emna Derouiche, Hamdi Ben Boubaker, Wael Kouched, Mourad Attouchi, Hela Jaziri, Sana Ben Ismail |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Zdroj: |
Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques” ISBN: 9791221500301 |
| DOI: |
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.11 |
| Popis: |
The macrolitter monitoring was investigated on 3 beaches on Monastir coastal (Palmier, Marina, Karaia) and on Kuriat Island during 4 seasons. The highest abundance and density of macrolitter were recorded on the beaches of Marina (13540 items/100m; 8.49 items m-2) and Karaia (6842 items/100m; 6.11 items m-2) during spring. According to Clean Coast Index, these 2 beaches were classified as extremely dirty whereas Kuriat Island was considered as very clean. Plastic items corresponded to the highest concentration of litter in studied sites and varying between 69% and 89% of total items. Cigarette butts are the most frequent type of debris |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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