Marine Pollution Bulletin,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
191, P. 114882 - 114882
Published: April 11, 2023
Systematic
seafloor
surveys
are
a
highly
desirable
method
of
marine
litter
monitoring,
but
the
high
costs
involved
in
sampling
not
trivial
handicap.
In
present
work,
we
explore
opportunity
provided
by
artisanal
trawling
fisheries
to
obtain
systematic
data
on
Gulf
Cadiz
between
2019
and
2021.
We
find
that
plastic
was
most
frequent
material,
with
prevalence
single-use
fishing-related
items.
Litter
densities
decreased
increasing
distance
shore
seasonal
migration
main
hotspots.
During
pre-lockdown
post-lockdown
stages
derived
from
COVID-19,
density
65
%,
likely
related
decline
tourism
outdoor
recreational
activities.
A
continuous
collaboration
33
%
local
fleet
would
imply
removal
hundreds
thousands
items
each
year.
The
trawl
fishing
sector
can
play
unique
role
monitoring
seabed.
Environmental Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
32(4), P. 470 - 484
Published: May 11, 2024
Aquatic
plants,
seagrasses,
macrophytes,
mangroves,
and
riparian
vegetation
are
responsible
for
some
of
the
most
important
ecosystem
services
provided
on
Earth.
Given
their
role
in
trapping
plastics
along
rivers,
we
propose
a
new
service
plastic
entrapment
by
global
plants.
Although
research
started
recently
to
study
plastics,
little
is
known
about
patterns
retention
remobilization
through
different
habitats.
those
gaps,
synthesize
data
plants
providing
conceptual
model
describe
processes
vegetation.
Our
results
demonstrate
how
has
pivotal
entrapping
across
spatial
temporal
scales,
finding
higher
density
rather
than
adjacent
water
area.
Furthermore,
proposed
(i.e.,
Plant
Plastic
Pathway)
highlighting
scales
release
Thus,
anticipate
our
be
starting
point
more
sophisticated
future
studies,
putting
effort
into
looking
at
plastic–vegetation
dynamics.
may
have
crucial
effect
if
applied
hotspot
area
detection
with
clean-up
mitigation
actions
riverine
ecosystems.
Environmental Pollution,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
345, P. 123492 - 123492
Published: Feb. 3, 2024
Coastal
areas
are
prone
to
plastic
accumulation
due
their
proximity
land
based
sources.
vegetated
habitats
(e.g.,
seagrasses,
saltmarshes,
mangroves)
provide
a
myriad
of
ecosystem
functions,
such
as
erosion
protection,
habitat
refuge,
and
carbon
storage.
The
biological
physical
factors
that
underlie
these
functions
may
an
additional
benefit:
trapping
marine
microplastics.
While
microplastics
occurrence
in
coastal
sediments
is
well
documented,
there
conflicting
evidence
on
whether
the
presence
vegetation
enhances
relative
bare
sites
influence
microplastic
remain
understudied.
We
investigated
how
structure
type
influences
simulated
wetland.
Through
flume
experiment,
we
measured
efficiency
branched
grassy
tested
array
differ
shape,
size,
polymer.
observed
did
not
affect
number
trapped
but
location
deposition.
Microplastic
rather
than
polymer,
was
dominant
factor
determining
were
retained
sediment
or
adhered
canopy.
Across
canopy,
microfibre
concentrations
decreased
from
leading
edge
interior
which
suggests
even
small-scale,
has
filtering
effect.
outcome
this
study
enriches
our
understanding
sink
differences
among
informs
where
they
most
likely
accumulate
within
biogenic
