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Tools and constraints in monitoring interactions between marine litter and megafauna: Insights from case studies around the world
- Source :
- Marine Pollution Bulletin (0025-326X) (Elsevier), 2019-04, Vol. 141, P. 147-160, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Elsevier, 2019, 141, pp.147-160. ⟨10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.01.018⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2019.
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Abstract
- Adverse impacts of marine litter is documented on >1400 species, including marine megafauna (fish, birds, sea turtles and mammals). The primary impacts include ingestion and entanglement, and there is increasing concern about chemical contamination via ingestion. Numerous survey approaches and monitoring programs have been developed and implemented around the world. They may aim to provide data about parameters such as species distribution and interactions with anthropogenic activities. During the Sixth International Marine Debris Conference, a session was dedicated to the tools and constraints in monitoring interactions between litter and megafauna. In the present paper, we summarize 7 case studies which discuss entanglement and ingestion including macro- and micro-debris in several taxa and across multiple geographic regions. We then discusses the importance of tools and standardizing methods for assessment and management purposes, in the context of international environmental policies and marine litter strategies.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Megafauna
Aquatic Organisms
Dolphins
Species distribution
Context (language use)
010501 environmental sciences
Aquatic Science
Oceanography
01 natural sciences
Birds
Tools
Entanglement
Marine debris
Aquatic science
Animals
14. Life underwater
Policies
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Waste Products
business.industry
Litter impact
010604 marine biology & hydrobiology
Ingestion
Environmental resource management
Fishes
Pollution
Environmental Policy
Turtles
13. Climate action
[SDE]Environmental Sciences
Geographic regions
Litter
Environmental science
Fish
business
Plastics
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Environmental Monitoring
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0025326X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Marine Pollution Bulletin (0025-326X) (Elsevier), 2019-04, Vol. 141, P. 147-160, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Elsevier, 2019, 141, pp.147-160. ⟨10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.01.018⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a7cd777d021039a07f29bdcae49bcf3e