Baseline study of the distribution of marine debris on soft-bottom habitats associated with trawling grounds in the northern Mediterranean;Estudio de referencia sobre la distribución de basura marina en fondos blandos asociados a caladeros de pesca de arrastre en el Mediterráneo norte

Scientia Marina

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 247-255

  Sánchez, Pilar ^a   Masó, Mercedes ^a   Sáez, Raquel ^a   De Juan, Silvia ^a   Muntadas, Alba ^a   Demestre, Montserrat ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colonized benthic plastics; Marine debris; Northern mediterranean sea; Seabed plastic accumulation

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE; SEAFLOOR; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAWLING;

ALBANIA; CATALONIA; GREECE; IONIAN COAST; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN; TYRRHENIAN COAST;

EID: 84879151198     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar03702.10A     Document Type: Article

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