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A baseline assessment of beach macrolitter and microplastics along northeastern Atlantic shores

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dc.contributor.authorVelez, Nadja
dc.contributor.authorZardi, Gerardo, I
dc.contributor.authorLo Savio, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorMcQuaid, Christopher D.
dc.contributor.authorValbusa, Ugo
dc.contributor.authorSabour, Brahim
dc.contributor.authorNicastro, Katy
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-24T10:50:49Z
dc.date.available2020-07-24T10:50:49Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.description.abstractMarine litter is widely dispersed throughout coastal environments. Assessing the distribution and accumulation of such contaminants is crucial to understand their environmental impacts. This study presents a baseline for the monitoring of litter and microplastics in intertidal sediments along the Atlantic shores of southern Portugal and Morocco and identifies potential sources of contamination. Although variable, distribution and composition of both litter and microplastics did not follow a latitudinal pattern. Most of the litter had an undifferentiated source. Within the identifiable sources of litter, food packaging, fishing and tobacco were the most abundant, with variable contributions among sites. Over 97% of marine litter retrieved was plastic. Fragments and filaments were the most abundant categories of plastics at sites with the highest and lowest microplastic abundance respectively. Filaments were mainly made of Polypropylene (PP,50%) and Polyethylene terephthalate (PET,29%) while the predominant polymers for fragments were Polyethene (PE, 75%) and PP (25%).
dc.description.sponsorshipFundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT-MEC, Portugal) [UID/Multi/04326/2019, IF/01413/2014]
dc.description.sponsorshipSouth African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) of the Department of Science and Technology
dc.description.sponsorship[64801]
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110649
dc.identifier.issn0025-326X
dc.identifier.issn1879-3363
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14158
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.subjectPlastic marine debris
dc.subjectLitter
dc.subjectIdentification
dc.subjectAccumulation
dc.subjectIngestion
dc.subjectSediments
dc.titleA baseline assessment of beach macrolitter and microplastics along northeastern Atlantic shores
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.startPageUNSP 110649
oaire.citation.titleMarine Pollution Bulletin
oaire.citation.volume149
person.familyNameVelez
person.familyNameNicastro
person.givenNameNadja
person.givenNameKaty
person.identifier.ciencia-id3E12-714B-AFE5
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9552-3223
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7071-141X
person.identifier.ridD-2259-2012
person.identifier.scopus-author-id12646675100
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