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A comparative study of marine litter on the seafloor of coastal areas in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Seas
Marine Pollution Bulletin2014
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François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christina Zeri,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christina Zeri,
Christos Ioakeimidis,
Christos Ioakeimidis,
Christina Zeri,
Christina Zeri,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christos Ioakeimidis,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christina Zeri,
François Galgani
Christina Zeri,
François Galgani
Christina Zeri,
George Papatheodorou,
François Galgani
Christina Zeri,
Christos Ioakeimidis,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
George Papatheodorou,
George Papatheodorou,
Konstantinos D. Antoniadis,
Konstantinos D. Antoniadis,
Christos Ioakeimidis,
Christina Zeri,
Christina Zeri,
Helen Kaberi,
Helen Kaberi,
Helen Kaberi,
Helen Kaberi,
Helen Kaberi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christina Zeri,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Helen Kaberi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christos Ioakeimidis,
George Papatheodorou,
N. Streftaris,
Mădălina Galațchi,
Christina Zeri,
N. Streftaris,
Christos Ioakeimidis,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Helen Kaberi,
Helen Kaberi,
Christina Zeri,
Christina Zeri,
Christina Zeri,
Christina Zeri,
Christina Zeri,
Christos Ioakeimidis,
Christos Ioakeimidis,
Konstantinos D. Antoniadis,
E. Papathanassiou,
Helen Kaberi,
Helen Kaberi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
N. Streftaris,
François Galgani
François Galgani
N. Streftaris,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christos Ioakeimidis,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Helen Kaberi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Konstantinos D. Antoniadis,
Christina Zeri,
E. Papathanassiou,
E. Papathanassiou,
Christina Zeri,
Christina Zeri,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christina Zeri,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christos Ioakeimidis,
François Galgani
François Galgani
George Papatheodorou,
Helen Kaberi,
François Galgani
Christos Ioakeimidis,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Helen Kaberi,
Helen Kaberi,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
George Papatheodorou,
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christina Zeri,
François Galgani
François Galgani
François Galgani
Christos Ioakeimidis,
François Galgani
George Papatheodorou,
François Galgani
Summary
Researchers surveyed seafloor litter density and composition across five sites in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Seas, finding plastic dominated in all areas (45–95% of items) with densities ranging from 24 to 1,211 items per square kilometer, and the Saronikos Gulf near Athens showing the heaviest contamination linked to local human activity and oceanographic conditions.
In the present work, abundance, spatial distribution and qualitative composition, of benthic marine litter, were investigated in five study areas from the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Seas (Saronikos, Patras and Echinades Gulfs; Limassol Gulf; Constanta Bay). Surveys were performed using the monitoring protocol proposed by the Technical Group for Marine Litter. Densities ranged from 24items/km(2) to 1211items/km(2), with the Saronikos Gulf being the most affected area. Plastics were predominant in all study areas ranging from 45.2% to 95%. Metals and Glass/Ceramics reached maximum values of 21.9% and of 22.4%. The size distribution of litter items showed that ⩾50% fall into medium size categories (10×10cm, 20×20cm) along with an elevated percentage of small-sized (<5×5cm) plastic litter items. The comparative analysis of the data highlighted the dependence of the marine litter problem on many local factors (human sources and oceanographic conditions) and the urgent need for specific actions.