Beach litter sourcing: A trawl along the Northern Ireland coastline
| Autor: | Allan T. Williams, Peter Frederick Randerson, J.A.G. Cooper, Chris Allen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
Fishing Northern Ireland Garbage 010501 environmental sciences Aquatic Science Northern ireland Oceanography 01 natural sciences Bathing Beaches Deposition (geology) medicine Animals Transect 0105 earth and related environmental sciences geography geography.geographical_feature_category 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Estuary Seasonality medicine.disease Pollution Period (geology) Litter Seasons Plastics Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Marine Pollution Bulletin. 122:47-64 |
| ISSN: | 0025-326X |
| Popis: | Fourteen non-recreational coastal locations in Northern Ireland were investigated as to whether beach litter deposition was related to seasonal or site specific factors. Litter items were counted in 100 m width transects and 1 km strand-line surveys over a five-season period (autumn to autumn). Survey sites comprised fishing ports; estuarine areas, north (high energy) and east coast (low energy) beaches. Fishing ports accumulated the most litter. In the 100 m beach surveys, plastics, string and cord, bottle caps, food items, rope, and drink containers dominated. In strand-line surveys, large plastic pieces were dominant, followed by rope, string and cord, strapping bands (absent on beach surveys), cloth, wood (mainly pallets, fish boxes) and metal items. Multivariate analyses revealed major litter category differences between the ports and all other sites, with a lesser distinction between exposed and estuarine sites. There was no simple coastline trend and no apparent effect of seasonality between samples.\ud \ud Previous article |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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