Using citizen science to understand floating plastic debris distribution and abundance: A case study from the North Cornish coast (United Kingdom).
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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利用公民科学了解漂浮塑料碎片的分布和丰度:北康沃尔海岸(英国)的案例研究。
DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115314
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Clark L
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Clark L
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.
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影响因子:
6
作者:
Nelms S
通讯作者:
Nelms S
DOI:
10.1029/2020jc016826
发表时间:
2021-01
期刊:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
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作者:
A. S. Mountford;M. A. M. Maqueda-M.-A.-M.-Maqueda-2247082702
通讯作者:
A. S. Mountford;M. A. M. Maqueda-M.-A.-M.-Maqueda-2247082702
影响因子:
3
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影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Eriksen M;Lebreton LC;Carson HS;Thiel M;Moore CJ;Borerro JC;Galgani F;Ryan PG;Reisser J
通讯作者:
Reisser J
影响因子:
5.8
作者:
Beaumont, Nicola J.;Aanesen, Margrethe;Wyles, Kayleigh J.
通讯作者:
Wyles, Kayleigh J.