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Using citizen science to understand floating plastic debris distribution and abundance: A case study from the North Cornish coast (United Kingdom).
| العنوان: | Using citizen science to understand floating plastic debris distribution and abundance: A case study from the North Cornish coast (United Kingdom). |
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| المؤلفون: | Clark L; Newquay Marine Group, 54 Bezant Place, Newquay TR7 1SJ, UK., Allen R; Newquay University Centre, Cornwall College, Wildflower Lane, Newquay TR7 2LZ, UK., Botterell ZLR; Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK., Callejo B; Greenpeace Research Laboratories, Innovation Centre Phase 2, University of Exeter, Devon, EX4 4RN, UK., Godley BJ; Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK., Henry C; Greenpeace Research Laboratories, Innovation Centre Phase 2, University of Exeter, Devon, EX4 4RN, UK., Santillo D; Greenpeace Research Laboratories, Innovation Centre Phase 2, University of Exeter, Devon, EX4 4RN, UK., Nelms SE; Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK. Electronic address: s.nelms@exeter.ac.uk. |
| المصدر: | Marine pollution bulletin [Mar Pollut Bull] 2023 Sep; Vol. 194 (Pt B), pp. 115314. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 26. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0260231 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-3363 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 0025326X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Mar Pollut Bull Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: 2003- : Oxford : Elsevier Original Publication: London, Macmillan. |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Water Pollutants, Chemical*/analysis , Citizen Science*, Plastics ; Waste Products/analysis ; Environmental Monitoring/methods ; Nylons ; United Kingdom |
| مستخلص: | Citizen science is now commonly employed to collect data on plastic pollution and is recognised as a valuable tool for furthering our understanding of the issue. Few studies, however, use citizen science to gather information on water-borne plastic debris. Here, citizen scientists adopted a globally standardised methodology to sample the sea-surface for small (1-5 mm) floating plastic debris off the Cornish coast (UK). Twenty-eight trawls were conducted along five routes, intersecting two Marine Protected Areas. Of the 509 putative plastic items, fragments were most common (64 %), then line (19 %), foam (7 %), film (6 %), and pellets (4 %). Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy identified the most common polymer type as polyethylene (31 %), then nylon (12 %), polypropylene (8 %), polyamide (5 %) and polystyrene (3 %). This study provides the first globally comparative baseline of floating plastic debris for the region (mean: 8512 items km -2 ), whilst contributing to an international dataset aimed at understanding plastic abundance and distribution worldwide. Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Sarah Nelms reports financial support was provided by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Sarah Nelms reports financial support was provided by Natural Environment Research Council. (Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.) |
| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Citizen science; Marine debris; Microplastics; North Atlantic; Plastic pollution; UK |
| المشرفين على المادة: | 0 (Plastics) 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) 0 (Waste Products) 0 (Nylons) |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20230728 Date Completed: 20230912 Latest Revision: 20230912 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240628 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115314 |
| PMID: | 37506480 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1879-3363 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115314 |