Spatial pattern and weight of seabed marine litter in the northern and central Adriatic Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 120-127

  Strafella, P ^a   Fabi, G ^a   Spagnolo, A ^a   Grati, F ^a   Polidori, P ^a   Punzo, E ^a   Fortibuoni, T ^b   Marceta, B ^c   Raicevich, S ^b   Cvitkovic, I ^d   Despalatovic, M ^d   Scarcella, G ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^c Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic sea; Marine litter; Monitoring; Rapido trawl; Seabed; SOLEMON

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MARINE POLLUTION; MONITORING;

ADRIATIC SEA; MARINE LITTER; RAPIDO TRAWL; SEABED; SOLEMON;

FISHERIES;

GLASS; METAL; PLASTIC; RUBBER; WASTE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LITTER; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAWL NET;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BENTHOS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE LITTER; PARTICLE SIZE; URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER; WATER FLOW; WOOD; ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLLUTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METALS; PLASTICS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84922215295     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.018     Document Type: Article

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