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Introduction to Marine Litter in Africa
What to expect from the African Marine Litter Outlook? The African Marine Litter Outlook provides an overview of marine litter from the African...
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The African Marine Litter Outlook
This open access book provides a cross-sectoral, multi-scale assessment of marine litter in Africa with a focus on plastics. From distribution, to...
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Marine Litter Sources and Distribution Pathways
Marine litter has been a global concern for many decades. It is important to understand marine litter sources and distribution pathways for the...
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Marine macro-litter sources and ecological impact: a review
Marine pollution by various debris is rising in the context of increasing urbanization, industrialization and worldwide trade. Here, we review marine...
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Impacts and Threats of Marine Litter in African Seas
With a focus on plastic pollution, this chapter discusses the impacts of marine litter on the natural environment, the people and the economies of...
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Regional management options for floating marine litter in coastal waters from a life cycle assessment perspective
PurposeDespite the increasing number of publications focusing on the management of marine plastic debris, most research is carried out using an...
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Legal and Policy Frameworks to Address Marine Litter Through Improved Livelihoods
This chapter provides an overview of the international and regional legal and policy frameworks relevant to the prevention and management of marine...
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Marine macro-litter mass outweighs biomass in trawl catches along abyssal seafloors of Sardinia channel (Italy)
This study provides new insights onto spatial and temporal trends of seafloor macro-litter in the abyssal seafloor of Sardinian channel, in central...
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Sea surface surveys for microplastic and floating marine macro litter items in coastal waters of Cabrera Archipelago Maritime Terrestrial National Park
This study is aimed at identifying and comparing microplastics and floating marine litter along the sea surface in the marine protected area of...
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Solid Waste and Marine Litter Management
Most of the marine waste and litter found in the oceans originated from lands due to human activities. These wastes are either transported from the...
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Abundance and composition of marine litter on the coasts of the Dardanelles (Canakkale Strait, Turkey)
The amount of human-origin litter in sea surface water, sediment, and beaches has been increasing for decades. Initially described in marine coastal...
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Monitoring the composition, sources and spatial distribution of seafloor litter in the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) through Fishing for Litter initiatives
Although the seafloor is an important sink for marine litter, its less accessible environment makes seafloor litter the least studied component....
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Aerial and underwater drones for marine litter monitoring in shallow coastal waters: factors influencing item detection and cost-efficiency
Although marine litter monitoring has increased over the years, the pollution of coastal waters is still understudied and there is a need for spatial...
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An Assessment of the Impacts of Marine Litter in the Coastal Regions of West Bengal and Odisha on Flora, Fauna, and Humans
The West Bengal and Odisha coasts fringed with the Bay of Bengal are one of the most contaminated by marine litter on the east coast of India. In...
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Global assessment of innovative solutions to tackle marine litter
Marine litter is one of the most relevant pollution problems that our oceans are facing today. Marine litter in our oceans is a major threat to a...
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Occurrence of COVID-19-Related Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Litter in Mangroves and Beaches in Davao City, Philippines
During the COVID-19 pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE) has been an essential material to protect people from getting infected by the...
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Land-derived litter load to the Indian Ocean: a case study in the Cimandiri River, southern West Java, Indonesia
The first study related to the characteristics of the riverine litter was carried out at the mouth of the Cimandiri River in the southern West Java...
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Machine learning-based detection and map** of riverine litter utilizing Sentinel-2 imagery
Despite the substantial impact of rivers on the global marine litter problem, riverine litter has been accorded inadequate consideration. Therefore,...
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The contributions of citizen science to SDG monitoring and reporting on marine plastics
The accumulation of plastic litter in marine environments is a major environmental challenge along with the difficulties in their measurement because...
