Plastic pollution on Moroccan beaches: Toward baselines for large-scale assessment

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“…The Plastic Abundance Index (PAI) is a valuable tool for the evaluation of plastic pollution (e.g., Rangel-Buitrago et al, 2021;Al Nahian et al, 2022;Bekova, 2023;Perumal et al, 2023;Sandaruwan et al, 2023;Ilechukwu et al, 2024;Mghili et al, 2024). The PAI was introduced to assess the presence of plastic on beaches by comparing the amount of plastic to the total litter collected (Rangel-Buitrago et al, 2021).…”