Maritime ports and beach management as sources of coastal macro-, meso-, and microplastic pollution

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Maritime ports and beach management as sources of coastal macro-, meso-, and microplastic pollution
المؤلفون: Mario Gaitán, Fernando Rayon-Viña, Alba Ardura, Paula Masiá, Eva Garcia-Vazquez, Steve Gerber
المصدر: Environmental science and pollution research international. 28(24)
سنة النشر: 2020
مصطلحات موضوعية: Pollution, Microplastics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, media_common.quotation_subject, Fishing, Distribution (economics), 010501 environmental sciences, 01 natural sciences, Environmental issue, Marine debris, Environmental Chemistry, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, media_common, Waste Products, business.industry, General Medicine, Fishery, Spain, Environmental science, Plastic pollution, business, Bay, Plastics, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Environmental Monitoring
الوصف: Plastic pollution is a major environmental issue that affects coasts all around the world. Many studies point out the importance of a better management of this type of pollution. In this pioneering study, we have analyzed the distribution of macro-, meso-, and microplastics along the coast of Asturias (southwest Bay of Biscay, Spain). Significant correlation analysis suggests that mesoplastics are produced in situ by fragmentation of macroplastics. Differences between groups of beaches revealed the importance of maritime ports and fishing activities as sources of macroplastics and likely of microplastics as well. Another source of microplastics could be atmospheric deposition, especially for fibers. Multiple regression model allowed to confirm the utility of beach services like cleaning and trash bins to control macroplastics. These results emphasize the need of an integral treatment of marine plastic pollution involving fishers and maritime ports, as well as the importance of providing beach services.
تدمد: 1614-7499
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::4cce9aaa1ac2069a06e08fd257e52dc8
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33594556
Rights: CLOSED
رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi.dedup.....4cce9aaa1ac2069a06e08fd257e52dc8
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE