Distribution and assessment of marine debris in the deep Tyrrhenian Sea (NW Mediterranean Sea, Italy)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 149-159

  Angiolillo, Michela ^a   Lorenzo, Bianca di ^a   Farcomeni, Alessio ^b   Bo, Marzia ^c   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^c   Santangelo, Giovanni ^d   Cau, Angelo ^e   Mastascusa, Vincenza ^f   Cau, Alessandro ^e   Sacco, Flavio ^e   Canese, Simonepietro ^a  

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

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep rocky bottom; Fishing impact; Lost fishing gears; Mediterranean Sea; ROV survey; Submerged marine debris

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; UNDERWATER STRUCTURES;

DEEP ROCKY BOTTOM; FISHING GEARS; FISHING IMPACT; MARINE DEBRIS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FISHING (OIL WELLS);

PLASTIC; WASTE;

DEBRIS FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; MARINE DEBRIS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPOSITION; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

ANTIPATHARIA; GORGONACEA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLASTICS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84925351198     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.044     Document Type: Article

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