Changes in the floating plastic pollution of the mediterranean sea in relation to the distance to land

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Pedrotti, Maria Luiza ^a,b   Petit, Stéphanie ^a,b   Elineau, Amanda ^a,b   Bruzaud, Stéphane ^c   Crebassa, Jean Claude ^d   Dumontet, Bruno ^d   Martí, Elisa ^e   Gorsky, Gabriel ^a,b   Cózar, Andrés ^e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^d Expédition MED   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; POLYAMIDE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISTANCE TO LAND; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; WATER SAMPLING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTION;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLASTICS;

EID: 84990976021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161581     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Jambeck JR, Geyer R, Wilcox C, Siegler TR, Perryman M, Andrady A, et al. Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean. Science 2015; 347: 768-771. doi: 10.1126/science.1260352 PMID: 25678662
2. US EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC) 2011. Municipal solid waste generation, recycling, and disposal in the United States: Facts and figures for 2010. Avalable: www.epa.gov/solidwaste/nonhaz/municipal/pubs/msw-2010-rev-factsheet.pdf.
3. Maximenko N, Hafner J, Niiler P. Pathways of marine debris derived from trajectories of Lagrangian drifters. Mar Pollut Bull. 2012; 65(1-3): 51-62.
4. Lebreton LCM, Greer SD, Borrero JC. Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world's ocean. Mar Pollut Bull. 2012; 64: 653-661. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.10.027 PMID: 22264500
5. Van Sebille E, England MH, Froyland G. Origin, dynamics and evolution of ocean garbage patches from observed surface drifters. Env Res Lett. 2012; 7(4): 044040. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044040
6. Law KL, Morét-Ferguson SE, Maximenko NA, Proskurowski G, Peacock EE, Hafner J, et al. Plastic accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre. Science 2010; 329: 1185-1188. doi: 10.1126/science.1192321 PMID: 20724586
7. Law KL, Morét-Ferguson SE, Goodwin DS, Zettler ER, DeForce E, Kukulka T, et al. Distribution of surface plastic debris in the eastern Pacific Ocean from an 11-year data set. Environ Sci Technol. 2014; 48 (9): 4732-4738. doi: 10.1021/es4053076 PMID: 24708264
8. Cózar A, Echevarría F, González-Gordillo JI, Irigoien X, Ubeda B, Hernández-León S, et al. Plastic debris in the open ocean. Proc Nat Acad Sci. 2014; 111(28): 10239-10244. doi: 10.1073/pnas. 1314705111 PMID: 24982135
9. Eriksen M, Lebreton LCM, Carson HS, Thiel M, Moore CJ, Borrero JC, et al. Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea. PLoS ONE. 2014; 9 (12): e111913. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111913 PMID: 25494041
10. Van Sebille E, Wilcox C, Lebreton L, Maximenko N, Hardesty BD, Van Franeker J A, et al. A global inventory of small floating plastic debris Environ. Res. Lett. 2015; 10 (12)
11. Reisser J, Shaw J, Wilcox C, Hardesty BD, Proietti M, Thums M, et al. Marine plastic pollution in waters around Australia: Characteristics, concentrations, and pathways. PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(11): e80466. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080466 PMID: 24312224
12. Ryan PG. Does size and buoyancy affect the long-distance transport of floating debris? Environ. Res. Lett. 2015; 10: 1-5. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/084019
13. Andrady AL. Microplastics in the marine environment. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2011; 62 1596-1605. DOI: 10. 1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.030 PMID: 21742351
14. Isobe A, Kubo K, Tamura Y, Kako S, Nakashima E. Fujii N. Selective transport of microplastics and mesoplastics by drifting in coastal waters. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2014; 89 (1-2): 324-30. doi: 10.1016/j. marpolbul.2014.09.041 PMID: 25287228
15. Critchell K, Grechb A, Schlaefera J, Anduttac F.P, Lambrechtsd J, Wolanski E, et al. Modelling the fate of marine debris along a complex shoreline: Lessons from the Great Barrier Reef. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2015; 167: 414-426.
16. Critchell K, Lambrechtsd J. Modelling accumulation of marine plastics in the coastal zone; what are the dominant physical processes? Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2016; 171: 111-122.
17. Kukulka TG, Proskurowski S, gMorét-Feruson D. Meyer W, Law KL. The effect of wind mixing on the vertical distribution of buoy-ant plastic debris, Geophys. Res. Lett. 2012; 39, L07601. doi: 10.1029/2012GL051116
18. Reisser JW, Slat B, Noble K, du Plessis K, Epp M, Proietti M, et al. "The vertical distribution of buoyant plastics at sea: An observational study in the North Atlantic Gyre." Biogeosciences 2015; 12: 1249-1256. doi: 10.5194/bg-12-1249-2015
19. UNEP/MAP. State of the Mediterranean marine and coastal environment. United Nations Environment Program-Mediterranean Action Plan, Barcelona Convention, Athens. 2012
20. Suaria G, Aliani S. Floating debris in the Mediterranean. Mar Pollut Bull. 2014, 86 (1-2): 494-504. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.025 PMID: 25127501
21. Cózar A, Sanz-Martín M, Martí E, González-Gordillo JI, Ubeda B, Gálvez Já et al. Plastic Accumulation in the MediterraneanSea. PLoS ONE. 2015; 10(4): e0121762. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121762 PMID: 25831129
22. Mansui J, Molcard A, Ourmières Y. Modelling the transport and accumulation of floating marine debris in the Mediterranean basin. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2015; 91 (1): 249-257. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.11. 037 PMID: 25534631
23. de Lucia GA, Caliani I, Marra S, Camedda A, Coppa S, Alcaro L, et al. Amount and distribution of neustonic micro-plastic off the Western Sardinian coast (Central-Western Mediterranean Sea). Mar Environ Res. 2014; 100: 10-16. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.03.017 PMID: 24776304
24. Gorsky G, Ohman MD, Picheral M, Gasparini, Stemmann L, Romagnan JB et al. Digital zooplankton image analysis using the ZooScan integrated system. J. Plankton Res. 2010; 32 (3): 285-303. DOI: 10. 1093/plankt/fbp124
25. Goldstein MC, Titmus AJ, Ford M. Scales of Spatial Heterogeneity of Plastic Marine Debris in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(11): e80020. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080020 PMID: 24278233
26. INSSE-Recensement de la population 2012. décret no 2003-485 du 5 juin 2003; fixe les catégories de population et leur composition
27. Bethoux JP, Prieur L, Bong JH. Le courant Ligure au large de Nice. Oceanol. Acta 9., 1988; 59-67.
28. Picco P, Capelletti A, Sparnocchia S, Schiano ME. Pensieri S, Bozzano R. Upper layer current variability in the Central Ligurian Sea. Ocean Science. 2010; 6, 825-836.
29. Barnes DKA, Galgani F, Thompson RC, Barlaz M. Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments. Philos T Roy Soc B. 2009; 364: 1985-1998. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0205
30. Gilfillan LR, Ohman MD, Doyle MJ, Watson W. Occurrence of plastic micro-debris in the Southern California Current System. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports. 2009; 50: 123-133.
31. Plastics Europe Annual report of PlasticsEurope "Plastics: The facts 2015 " http://www.plasticseurope.org
32. Sadri SS, Thompson RC. On the quantity and composition of floatingplastic debris entering and leaving the Tamar Estuary, Southwest England. Mar Pollut Bull. 2014; 81: 55-60. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul. 2014.02.020 PMID: 24613232
33. Morét-Ferguson S, Law KL, Proskurowski G, Murphy EK, Peacock EE. Reddy CM. The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the Western North Atlantic Ocean. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2010; 60 (10): 1873-1878. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.020. Epub 2010 Aug 14. PMID: 20709339
34. Hidalgo-Ruz V, Gutow L, Thompson RC, Thiel M. Microplastics in the marine environment: A review of the methods used for identification and quantification. Environmental Science & Technology. 2012; 46: 3060-3075. doi: 10.1021/es2031505
35. Browne MA, Crump P, Niven SJ, Teuten E, Tonkin A, Galloway T, et al. Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011; 45 (21): 9175-9179. doi: 10.1021/es201811s PMID: 21894925
36. Levitus S., 1982: Climatological atlas of the world's oceans. NOAA Professional Paper 13, 173 pp.
37. Andrady AL (1990) Environmental degradation of plastics under land and marine exposure conditions. In Shomura R. S. and Godfrey H. L. (editors), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Marine Debris, 2-7 April 1989. Honolulu. Hawaii. U.S. Dep.comer. NOM Tech. Memo. NHFS. NOMTH-NHFS-SWFSC-154. 1990.
38. Panti C, Giannetti M, Baini M, Rubegni F, Minutoli R, Fossi MC. Occurrence, relative abundance and spatial distribution of microplastics and zooplankton NWof Sardinia in the Pelagos Sanctuary Protected Area, Mediterranean Sea. Environ. Chem. 2015, 12, 618, doi.org/10.1071/EN14234
39. Van Cauwenberghe L, Janssen CR. Microplastics in bivalves cultured for human consumption. Environ Pollut. 2014; 193: 65-70. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.06.010 PMID: 25005888
40. Li J, Yang D, Li L, Jabeen K, Shi H. Microplastics in commercial bivalves from China. Environ Pollut. 2015; 207: 190-195. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.09.018 PMID: 26386204
41. Browne MA, Niven SJ, Galloway TS, Rowland SJ, Thompson RC. Microplastic Moves Pollutants and Additives to Worms, Reducing Functions Linked to Health and Biodiversity Current biology. 2013; 23 (23): 2388-2392. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.012 PMID: 24309271
42. Rochman CM, Browne MA, Halpern BS, Hentschel BT, Hoh E et al. Policy: Classify plastic waste as hazardous. Nature. 2013; 494, 169-171. doi: 10.1038/494169a PMID: 23407523
43. Islam MS, Tanaka M. Impacts of pollution on coastal and marine ecosystems including coastal and marine fisheries and approach for management: A review and synthesis. Mar Pollut Bull.2004; 48 (7-8): 624-649. PMID: 15041420
44. Collignon A, Hecq JH, Glagani F, Voisin P, Collard F, Goffart A. Neustonic microplastic and zooplankton in the North Western Mediterranean Sea. Mar Pollut Bull. 2012; 64: 861-864. PMID: 22325448
45. Millot C, Taupier-Letage I. Circulation in the Mediterranean Sea, in The Mediterranean Sea, Handbook of Env. Chem., vol. 5K, edited by Saliot A., pp. 29-66, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. 2005.
46. Poulain PM, Bussani A, Gerin R, Jungwirth R, Mauri E; Menna M, et al. Mediterranean surface currents measured with drifters: From basin to subinertial scales. Oceanography. 2013; 26 (1): 38-47, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.03.
47. Ryan P.G., Moore C.J., van Franeker J.A., Moloney C.L., 2009. Monitoring the abundance of plastic debris in the marine environment. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 364, 1999-2012. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0207 PMID: 19528052
48. MSFD GES Technical Subgroup on Marine Litter. Marine Litter Technical Recommendations for the Implementation of MSFD Requirements. 2011, EUR 25009.
49. Vegter AC, et al. "Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife." Endangered Species Research 25.3 (2014): 225-247.