Marine litter in bottom trawls off the Portuguese coast

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 301-304

  Neves, Diogo ^a   Sobral, Paula ^a   Pereira, Tânia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Docapesca Portos e Lotas SA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bottom marine litter trawls; Fishing gear; Plastics; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; PLASTICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BOTTOM TRAWLS; ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES; FISHING GEARS; HIGH POPULATION DENSITY; MARINE LITTER; METROPOLITAN AREA; PORTUGAL; PORTUGUESE COAST;

FISHERIES;

GLASS; METAL; PLASTIC; RUBBER; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

FISHING GEAR; MARINE POLLUTION; METROPOLITAN AREA; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; TRAWLING;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CERAMICS; FISHERMAN; HUMAN; PAPER; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; PORTUGAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASHORE; TEXTILE; TRAWL FISHERY; WATER POLLUTANT; WOOD; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERY; RIVER; WASTE;

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL; TAGUS ESTUARY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; PLASTICS; PORTUGAL; RIVERS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84944280687     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.07.044     Document Type: Article

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