What is in our seas? Assessing anthropogenic litter on the seafloor of the central Mediterranean Sea

Garofalo, Germana; Quattrocchi, Federico; Bono, G.; Lorenzo, Manfredi Di; Maio, Federico Di; Falsone, Fabio; Gancitano, Vita; Geraci, Michele Luca; Lauria, Valentina; Massi, D.; Scannella, Danilo; Titone, Antonino; Fiorentino, Fabio

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115213

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“…The characteristics of the North-East Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea, as well as the territorial context of the areas bordering them, might explain the lower amounts of marine litter found in these waters than in the Mediterranean Sea. Nevertheless, lower densities than ours have been found in several areas of the Mediterranean Sea, for example, by Stefatos et al [48] in the Gulf of Echinades (89 items km −2 ), Ioakeimidis et al [62] in the Gulf of Limassol (24 items km −2 ), Alvito et al [38] in Sardinia (58 items km −2 ), Fortibuoni et al [44] in offshore Rimini and in Montenegrin and Slovenian waters, Garofalo et al [35] off the southern coast of Sicily (79.6 items km −2 ), and by Mutlu et al [57] on the Turkish Mediterranean coasts (19 items km −2 ). In some cases, the authors attributed the low values to a relatively low population along a coast, the absence of large rivers flowing into the sea, and/or a relatively small fishing fleet.…”

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“…Determining the abundance, spatial distribution and composition of marine litter requires its removal from beaches and seas or recording it using video or photography from autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), human-occupied vehicles (HOVs), towed underwater cameras (TUCs), or remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) [29]. Some of the most recent studies using ROVs include those by Consoli et al [30,31], Botero et al [32], Costanzo et al [33], Dominguez-Carrió et al [27], Enrichetti et al [34], Garofalo et al [35], Mecho et al [36], and Pierdomenico et al [37].…”

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Abundance and Composition of Marine Litter on the Seafloor of the Gulf of Sant Jordi (Western Mediterranean Sea)

Saladié

2021

Environments

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This article analyzes the abundance and composition of marine litter in the Gulf of Sant Jordi (Catalonia, Spain). Marine litter was removed from the sea by a fishing trawler operating from the port of L’Ametlla de Mar; 56 hauls were performed between July and September 2018. The marine litter was classified following UNEP/IOC Guidelines on Survey and Monitoring of Marine Litter and EU MSFD Technical Group on Marine Litter Joint List, with a total of 2691 items collected and an average number by haul of 48 (SD 28.24). The density was 130 items km−2 but with significant differences according to trawling depth: 192 items km−2 (≤100 m) and 71.5 items km−2 (>100 m). As expected, plastic was the most commonly found material, comprising almost 80% of the total. The relative presence of plastics declined as trawling depth increased. An alarmingly high amount of sanitary waste was found. Further studies are necessary to compare summer results with those of smaller seasonal populations and to analyze what happens to sanitary waste.

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Abundance and Composition of Marine Litter on the Seafloor of the Gulf of Sant Jordi (Western Mediterranean Sea)

Saladié

2021

Environments

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“…Several authors highlight the consequences of the presence of microplastics in different environments, such as soil (Crossman et al, 2020; Iqbal et al, 2020; Kumar et al, 2020; Zhou et al, 2020), coral island (Patti et al, 2020), beach (Garcés-Ordóñez et al, 2020), sea (Garofalo et al, 2020; Ory et al, 2020; Petroody et al, 2020), lake (Egessa et al, 2020), river (Amrutha and Warrier, 2020), and wetland (Andrea et al, 2020). However, according to Zhou et al (2020), the research of microplastics in the environment is still in its infancy.…”

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Management of plastic waste: A bibliometric mapping and analysis

Sousa

2021

Waste Manag Res

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This work aims to provide the first holistic and deep bibliometric mapping and analysis of the management of plastic waste. Data from the last five years were obtained from a Scopus database search. Relevant information on scientific production, contributions by country and institutions, sources, reference authors, and topic trends were obtained, being analysed using the VOSviewer and Bibliometrix R-package software programs. The results clearly have shown a significant increase in the number of publications over the years, depicting the great influence of the People’s Republic of China, since the most relevant authors, publications, and institutes are Chinese. Regarding the topic trends, there is a massive concern about plastic pollution, especially related to plastic in water bodies (mainly microplastics), and the socio-environmental problems which plastic may cause/aggravate, with recycling and the circular economy emerging as possible solutions.

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“…The most general understanding is that marine bottom pollution has been increasing in recent years, and plastics are the most common pollutants materials. Benthic marine litter density was found to be 102 n/h on the Malta Shelf (Misfud et al, 2013), 4424 n/h in Spain (Sanchez et al, 2013), 79.6 n/h in the Central Mediterranean Sea (Garofalo et al, 2020), 72-437 n/h in the Echinades Gulf (Koutsodendris et al, 2008), 0-2145 n/h in the Adriatic (Fortibuoni et al, 2019), and 125-594 n/h in Algeria (Mankou-Haddadi et al, 2021). However, the amounts and temporal variations of litter have not yet been known in many great geographical areas.…”

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Benthic marine litter in the Marmara Sea, Turkey

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Daban²,

İşmen³

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This study presents the first data on benthic marine litter in the Marmara Sea, Turkey. To obtain the data, bottom trawl surveys were conducted at 34 sites between May 2017 and February 2018. The litter items were sampled and sorted following the MEDITS’ relevant instructions. 660 pieces of litter, weighing 434.9 kg, were sampled. The litter density was found to range between 27.5 n/km2 and 661.2 n/km2, averaging 73.9 n/km2, and the obtained items’ weights ranged between 0.03 kg/km2 and 1597.8 kg/km2, averaging 48.7 kg/km2. The plastic group L1 constituted 71.7% of the trawled litter. The highest mean litter density was detected in the Northeastern Marmara Sea in the spring and summer of 2018. The mean benthic litter density was found to be higher than the nearby areas. It was concluded that more effort should be invested in reducing marine pollution.

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What is in our seas? Assessing anthropogenic litter on the seafloor of the central Mediterranean Sea

Cited by 33 publications

References 51 publications

Abundance and Composition of Marine Litter on the Seafloor of the Gulf of Sant Jordi (Western Mediterranean Sea)

Abundance and Composition of Marine Litter on the Seafloor of the Gulf of Sant Jordi (Western Mediterranean Sea)

Management of plastic waste: A bibliometric mapping and analysis

Benthic marine litter in the Marmara Sea, Turkey

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