Assessing the risk of marine litter accumulation in estuarine habitats.
Estuaries
Impact
Marine litter
Risk
Journal
Marine pollution bulletin
ISSN: 1879-3363
Titre abrégé: Mar Pollut Bull
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0260231
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2019
Jul 2019
Historique:
received:
05
12
2018
revised:
23
04
2019
accepted:
23
04
2019
entrez:
11
6
2019
pubmed:
11
6
2019
medline:
14
8
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Rivers and estuaries are among the main entrances of litter to the marine environment. This study characterizes marine litter deposits in three estuaries of the Gulf of Biscay, assesses its potential impact in estuarine habitats based on expert elucidation, and develops a methodology to estimate the associated environmental risk. Litter was ubiquitous in the estuaries of study, mostly represented by plastic debris and sanitary waste. High marsh communities acted as litter traps, showing significantly higher litter densities than adjacent habitats. The expected impact was valued to be low but different across habitats and possible litter-habitat interactions. The estimated risk was low but different across habitats and estuaries, determined by the probability of encounter and the expected impact. This study contributes to increase the scarce knowledge available on the threat that marine litter poses in estuarine environments and presents a methodology to help identify those habitats under a higher risk.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31179977
pii: S0025-326X(19)30332-7
doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.04.060
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Plastics
0
Waste Products
0
Water Pollutants, Chemical
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
117-128Informations de copyright
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