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Plastic litter in sediments from the Croatian marine protected area of the natural park of Telaščica bay (Adriatic Sea)
Marine Pollution Bulletin2016
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Cristiana Guerranti,
Monia Renzi,
Andrea Blašković,
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti
Cristiana Guerranti
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti
Cristiana Guerranti
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Paolo Fastelli,
Monia Renzi,
Andrea Blašković,
Monia Renzi,
Paolo Fastelli,
Monia Renzi,
Andrea Blašković,
Monia Renzi,
Andrea Blašković,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Andrea Blašković,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Hrvoje Čižmek,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Paolo Fastelli,
Paolo Fastelli,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Cristiana Guerranti
Cristiana Guerranti
Cristiana Guerranti
Cristiana Guerranti
Paolo Fastelli,
Paolo Fastelli,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Hrvoje Čižmek,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Paolo Fastelli,
Paolo Fastelli,
Cristiana Guerranti
Cristiana Guerranti
Cristiana Guerranti
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Paolo Fastelli,
Paolo Fastelli,
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti
Monia Renzi,
Andrea Blašković,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Andrea Blašković,
Monia Renzi,
Paolo Fastelli,
Paolo Fastelli,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Hrvoje Čižmek,
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti
Cristiana Guerranti
Cristiana Guerranti
Cristiana Guerranti,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti
Cristiana Guerranti,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Hrvoje Čižmek,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti
Cristiana Guerranti,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Monia Renzi,
Cristiana Guerranti,
Cristiana Guerranti
Summary
Researchers established baseline plastic litter levels in sediments from the Croatian Natural Park of Telascica Bay in the Adriatic Sea, finding that microplastics constituted 88.7% and mesoplastics 11.3% of total items across all sampled locations, with no macroplastics detected.
This paper reports baseline levels of litter (macro, meso and microplastics) in sediments collected from different areas of the Croatian MPA of the Natural Park of Telaščica bay (Adriatic Sea, GSA n. 17). The distribution of total abundance according to size, for all analysed locations evidences that microplastics are the dominant fraction concerning item's numbers. In all analysed samples no macroplastics were found, while microplastics are 88.71% and mesoplastics are 11.29% of the total.