DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.03.039
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84961907996
论文题名: Beach debris on Aruba, Southern Caribbean: Attribution to local land-based and distal marine-based sources
作者: de Scisciolo T. ; Mijts E.N. ; Becker T. ; Eppinga M.B.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2016
卷: 106, 期: 2018-01-02 起始页码: 49
结束页码: 57
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Beach survey metrics
; Coastal pollution
; Macro-debris
; Marine debris sources
; Meso-debris
; Plastic debris
Scopus关键词: Beaches
; Landforms
; Marine pollution
; Pollution
; Surveys
; Coastal pollution
; Land-based sources
; Marine debris
; Nearshores
; Plastic debris
; Pollution sources
; Relative contribution
; Source origins
; Debris
; beach
; debris flow
; marine pollution
; plastic waste
; pollution monitoring
; Aruba
; Caribbean
; exposure
; quantitative study
; seashore
; Caribbean
; environmental monitoring
; Netherlands
; swimming
; waste
; Aruba
; Atlantic Ocean
; Caribbean Sea
; plastic
; waste
; Bathing Beaches
; Caribbean Region
; Environmental Monitoring
; Netherlands
; Plastics
; Waste Products
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: Accumulation of marine (plastic) debris from local land-based and distal marine-based sources along coastlines is a pressing modern issue. Hitherto, assessing the relative contribution of pollution sources through beach surveys is methodologically challenging. We surveyed ten beaches along the leeward and windward coastlines of Aruba (southern Caribbean) to determine differences in macro- and meso-debris densities. Differences were quantified using three metrics: 1) the gradient in macro-debris density away from the waterfront; 2) the proportion of plastic within macro-debris; 3) the meso-:macro-debris ratio. Overall 42,585 macro-debris items and 884 meso-debris items were collected. The density of near-shore macro-debris, proportion of plastic debris herein, and meso-:macro-debris ratio were highest on the windward coastline. These results suggest that southern Caribbean windward coastlines are mainly exposed to debris originating from distal marine-based sources, and leeward coastlines to local land-based sources. Our metrics clearly reflect these differences, providing novel means to survey debris source origin. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/87341
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作者单位: Department of Environmental Science, Copernicus Institute, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, P.O. Box 65, CS Utrecht, Netherlands; Department of Science, University College Utrecht, P.O. Box 80145, Utrecht, Netherlands; Faculty of Law, University of Aruba, J.E. Irausquinplein 4, P.O. Box 5, Oranjestad, Aruba; Future Now Environmental Consultancy, Spaans Lagoenweg 69, Pos Chiquito, Aruba
Recommended Citation:
de Scisciolo T.,Mijts E.N.,Becker T.,et al. Beach debris on Aruba, Southern Caribbean: Attribution to local land-based and distal marine-based sources[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2016-01-01,106(2018-01-02)