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Regarding the distribution of plastic waste within the surf zone of Yuzhne city beach
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This paper examined plastic waste distribution along a beach in the surf zone of Yuzhne city on the Ukrainian Black Sea coast. Researchers found that plastic pollution is a significant issue in this region and that Ukrainian shelf areas receive less scientific attention than comparable European zones.
The publication highlights a number of the problem aspects of the geoecosystem components pollution of the Black Sea Ukrainian sector by plastic waste and microplastics. On the field research and literature sources processing basis a question review was carried out and certain analytical generalizations were received. Emphasis is placed on the insufficient problem study degree of the shelf Ukrainian part pollution by synthetic and artificial polymers in comparison with similar areas of other Black Sea countries. This determines the need for initial systematization and identification of current research areas on this issue, and the field observations implementation and an information base creation. The conducted field works results in the area of Yuzhne city beach are presented, the main purpose of which was to study the peculiarities of plastic waste and microplastics distribution in current sand deposits and sea suspension of active recreation areas. Analysis of the obtained data involving of similar studies results presented in the available literature shows a low level of Yuzhne beach area pollution compared to some parts of the coast within the Mediterranean, North Atlantic, and Bulgarian sec- tor of the Black Sea. The conducted research allowed gaining practical experience, determining a certain arsenal of field research methods and getting a preliminary idea of pollution degree and plastic waste quality composition within Ukraine coastal city popular recreation area. Further problem state analysis, practical field work and the appropriate laboratory base development will increase the reliability of obtaining and processing data on volumes, sources and routes of plastic waste entry into the Black Sea ecosystems, as well as harmonize the processes of obtaining and processing data in accordance with established global methodologies and techniques.
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