Evaluation of beach cleanup effects using linear system analysis
Evaluation of beach cleanup effects using linear system analysis
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DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.026
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发表时间:
2015-02-15
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Hinata, Hirofumi
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作者:
Kataoka, Tomoya;Hinata, Hirofumi
We established a method for evaluating beach cleanup effects (BCEs) based on a linear system analysis, and investigated factors determining BCEs. Here we focus on two BCEs: decreasing the total mass of toxic metals that could leach into a beach from marine plastics and preventing the fragmentation of marine plastics on the beach. Both BCEs depend strongly on the average residence time of marine plastics on the beach (tau(r)) and the period of temporal variability of the input flux of marine plastics (1). Cleanups on the beach where tau(r) is longer than Tare more effective than those where tau(r) is shorter than T. In addition, both BCEs are the highest near the time when the remnants of plastics reach the local maximum (peak time). Therefore, it is crucial to understand the following three factors for effective cleanups: the average residence time, the plastic input period and the peak time. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.