Travelling light: Fouling biota on macroplastics arriving on beaches of remote Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre

Rech, Sabine; Thiel, Martín; Pichs, Yaisel J. Borrell; García‐Vázquez, Eva

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.10.015

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“…Previous studies have determined the suitability of plastic litter as a habitat and vector of invasive species and microbial pathogens (Mantelatto et al, 2020;Rech et al, 2018;Wu et al, 2019). Under this context, PPE based on low-density polymers could serve as artificial substrates for rafting non-native or invasive species.…”

Section: Potential Effects and Research Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

What we need to know about PPE associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the marine environment

De-la-Torre

Aragaw

2021

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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Since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared as a global health emergency, the use of multiple types of plastic-based PPEs as a measure to reduce the infection increased tremendously. Recent evidence suggests that the overuse of PPEs during the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening plastic pollution in the marine environment. In this short focus, we discussed the potential sources, fate, and effects of PPE plastic to the marine environment and proposed five key research needs, involving (1) the occurrence and abundance of PPEs, (2) the sources, fate, and drivers of PPEs, (3) PPEs as a source of microplastics, (4) PPEs as a vector of invasive species and pathogens, and (5) PPEs as a source and vector of chemical pollutants in the marine environment. We suggest that addressing these knowledge gaps will lay the groundwork for improved COVID-19-associated waste management and legislation to prevent marine plastic pollution to continue exacerbating.

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Section: Potential Effects and Research Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

What we need to know about PPE associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the marine environment

De-la-Torre

Aragaw

2021

Marine Pollution Bulletin

155

105

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“…However, when reaching the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre (SPSG), the densities of MaP are high again, consisting mainly of large fragments (95.4%), lines (17.7%), and buoys (7.6%) [146]. Probably originating from the SPSG, an accumulation also occurs on island beaches, such as Rapa Nui (Easter Island), where most of the detected litter items were plastic [147].…”

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The Way of Macroplastic through the Environment

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With the focus on microplastic in current research, macroplastic is often not further considered. Thus, this review paper is the first to analyse the entry paths, accumulation zones, and sinks of macroplastic in the aquatic, terrestrial, and atmospheric environment by presenting transport paths and concentrations in the environment as well as related risks. This is done by applying the Source–Pathway–Receptor model on macroplastic in the environment. Based on this model, the life cycle of macroplastic is structurally described, and knowledge gaps are identified. Hence, current research aspects on macroplastic as well as a sound delimitation between macro- and microplastic that can be applied to future research are indicated. The results can be used as basic information for further research and show a qualitative assessment of the impact of macroplastic that ends up in the environment and accumulates there. Furthermore, the applied model allows for the first time a quantitative and structured approach to macroplastic in the environment.

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“…The initiation of this mechanism, which is formed by microorganisms, which develops in all kinds of materials, and which is defined as "biofouling", is the attachment of gram negative bacteria to the environment, and then diatoms, protozoa and invertabrates are added to this structure. The long-term permanence of plastics in the marine ecosystem and the transport of bacteria and other microorganisms due to currents causes them to reach different marine areas as invasive species (Zettler et al, 2013;Pauli et a., 2017;Gündoğdu et al, 2017;Hodgson et al, 2018;Rech et al, 2018). These structures formed on plastics increase the weight of micro-macroplastics, and cause them to be transported from surface to bottom in aquatic ecosystems (Kaiser et al 2017;Kooi et al, 2017).…”

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The Levels of Plastic-associated Heterotrophic Bacteria on Three Different Types of Plastics

Türetken¹,

Altuğ²,

Öksüzoğlu³

2020

ASE

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Travelling light: Fouling biota on macroplastics arriving on beaches of remote Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre

Cited by 65 publications

References 61 publications

What we need to know about PPE associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the marine environment

What we need to know about PPE associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the marine environment

The Way of Macroplastic through the Environment

The Levels of Plastic-associated Heterotrophic Bacteria on Three Different Types of Plastics

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