First assessment of marine litter in shallow south-east Adriatic sea
Abstract
The typology and quantity of the marine litter was investigated in the shallow coastal area of southeast Adriatic Sea (Montenegro). Surveys were performed during the period 2012-2014 and 47 sites were analysed during underwater visual surveys by SCUBA diving. Litter items were classified in seven categories (plastic, metal, rubber, paper, clothing, glass and others) according to the nature of the material. Plastic litter was dominant (54%) followed by metal items (23%), and the density of marine litter was from 0 to 16.6/1000m(2) with an average of 2.49/1000m(2). As expected, a greater abundance of marine litter was found in the Boka Kotorska Bay and close to urbanised areas.
Keywords:
shallow coastal area / seabed / SCUBA / pollution / litter / Adriatic SeaSource:
Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 2017, 26, 7, 4834-4840Publisher:
- Parlar Scientific Publications
Funding / projects:
- EU IPA project DeFishGear [1ostr./00010]
- FP7 CoCoNet [287844]
- UNEP RAC-SPA (Tunis)
- Ministry of science of Montenegro [01-573/2012, 01-574/2012]
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Institution/Community
Institut za multidisciplinarna istraživanjaTY - JOUR AU - Macic, V. AU - Mandic, M. AU - Pestoric, B. AU - Gačić, Zoran AU - Paunović, Momir PY - 2017 UR - http://rimsi.imsi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1026 AB - The typology and quantity of the marine litter was investigated in the shallow coastal area of southeast Adriatic Sea (Montenegro). Surveys were performed during the period 2012-2014 and 47 sites were analysed during underwater visual surveys by SCUBA diving. Litter items were classified in seven categories (plastic, metal, rubber, paper, clothing, glass and others) according to the nature of the material. Plastic litter was dominant (54%) followed by metal items (23%), and the density of marine litter was from 0 to 16.6/1000m(2) with an average of 2.49/1000m(2). As expected, a greater abundance of marine litter was found in the Boka Kotorska Bay and close to urbanised areas. PB - Parlar Scientific Publications T2 - Fresenius Environmental Bulletin T1 - First assessment of marine litter in shallow south-east Adriatic sea EP - 4840 IS - 7 SP - 4834 VL - 26 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rimsi_1026 ER -
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Macic, V., Mandic, M., Pestoric, B., Gačić, Z.,& Paunović, M.. (2017). First assessment of marine litter in shallow south-east Adriatic sea. in Fresenius Environmental Bulletin Parlar Scientific Publications., 26(7), 4834-4840. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rimsi_1026
Macic V, Mandic M, Pestoric B, Gačić Z, Paunović M. First assessment of marine litter in shallow south-east Adriatic sea. in Fresenius Environmental Bulletin. 2017;26(7):4834-4840. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rimsi_1026 .
Macic, V., Mandic, M., Pestoric, B., Gačić, Zoran, Paunović, Momir, "First assessment of marine litter in shallow south-east Adriatic sea" in Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 26, no. 7 (2017):4834-4840, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rimsi_1026 .