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Visual observations of floating macro litter around Italy (Mediterranean Sea)
Mediterranean Marine Science2019
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María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Claudia Campanale,
Claudia Campanale,
Claudia Campanale,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Claudia Campanale,
Claudia Campanale,
Matteo Galli,
Claudia Campanale,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Claudia Campanale,
Claudia Campanale,
Claudia Campanale,
Claudia Campanale,
Matteo Galli,
Claudia Campanale,
Claudia Campanale,
Claudia Campanale,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Claudia Campanale,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
Claudia Campanale,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Claudia Campanale,
Stefano Aliani,
María Cristina Fossi
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
María Cristina Fossi
Claudia Campanale,
María Cristina Fossi
Claudia Campanale,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Giuseppe Bagnuolo,
Giuseppe Bagnuolo,
Claudia Campanale,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Matteo Baini,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Claudia Campanale,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Bagnuolo,
Giuseppe Bagnuolo,
Giuseppe Bagnuolo,
Giuseppe Bagnuolo,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
Giuseppe Suaria,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
Giuseppe Suaria,
María Cristina Fossi
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
Giuseppe Suaria,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Giuseppe Bagnuolo,
Matteo Baini,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Matteo Baini,
Giuseppe Bagnuolo,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Giuseppe Bagnuolo,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Giuseppe Bagnuolo,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
Stefano Aliani,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
Erica de Rysky,
Matteo Galli,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Matteo Galli,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
Erica de Rysky,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
MATILDE BALLINI,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
MATILDE BALLINI,
Vito Felice Uricchio,
María Cristina Fossi
Vito Felice Uricchio,
Giuseppe Suaria,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
María Cristina Fossi
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
María Cristina Fossi
Vito Felice Uricchio,
María Cristina Fossi
Giuseppe Suaria,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
Stefano Aliani,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Galli,
Matteo Baini,
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
Stefano Aliani,
María Cristina Fossi
Stefano Aliani,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Vito Felice Uricchio,
María Cristina Fossi
Erica de Rysky,
Erica de Rysky,
Matteo Baini,
Stefano Aliani,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Stefano Aliani,
Matteo Baini,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
Matteo Galli,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Matteo Galli,
María Cristina Fossi
Stefano Aliani,
Stefano Aliani,
María Cristina Fossi
Matteo Baini,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Giuseppe Suaria,
Stefano Aliani,
María Cristina Fossi
María Cristina Fossi
Summary
A visual survey of floating macro-litter in the central Mediterranean Sea found plastic was the dominant type, with single-use items most common. The findings demonstrate that plastic pollution is widespread even in open ocean areas far from coasts.
We report the results of a visual survey of floating natural (NML) and anthropogenic (AML) macro-litter (>2.5 cm) performed in the central part of the Mediterranean Sea during a dual-use campaign onboard the Italian Navy tall ship “Amerigo Vespucci” which circumnavigated the Italian peninsula during May-June 2016. The distribution, abundance and composition of floating marine litter were assessed using a 10 m fixed-width strip transect method. Over 88 h of transect counts were performed, for a total of 168 transects, covering an overall survey length of 1026.35 km. 4756 anthropogenic litter items were counted during the transects, 96.9 % of which were classified as plastic items. Floating litter was found throughout the entire study area with densities ranging from 0 to 9205 items/km2 and with a mean abundance of 492 AML items/km2 and 77 NML items/km2 across all surveyed locations. Maximum AML densities (>3500 items/km2) were recorded in the Adriatic Sea, while the lowest densities (<50 items/km2) were found along the coastline of Sardinia and in the Strait of Messina. Our results document the ubiquitous presence of floating plastic litter around the Italian peninsula and underline the need to expand our knowledge about the main sources, transport, accumulation and fate of marine litter in the entire Mediterranean region.