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Distribution of Marine Debris Stranded on a City Beach: a Case Study of Las Canteras Beach, Gran Canaria
Summary
This Spanish study documented the spatial and temporal distribution of marine debris stranded on Las Canteras Beach in Gran Canaria over one year, finding that debris represented an almost permanent form of pollution with high temporal variability across three beach transects. Beach litter surveys provide ground-level data on plastic pollution that complements offshore sampling efforts.
An approach to the spatial and temporal distribution of marine debris stranded on Las Canteras Beach is developed by means of surveys carried out during one year, along three transects located on the southern, northern, and central parts of the beach. Results evidence that debris stranded on the beach represent an almost permanent type of pollution, but with a large time variability in the number of items observed along the three transects, as well as in the type and origin of the debris collected at the different stretches of the beach.