Beaches
; Rope
; Surveys
; Alaska
; Gulf of Alaska
; Management issues
; Marine debris
; National Park Service
; National parks
; Reference condition
; Debris
; metal
; plastic
; waste
; beach
; coastal zone
; foam
; marine pollution
; metal
; national park
; plastic waste
; Alaska
; Article
; cleaning
; documentation
; environmental management
; foam
; marine environment
; national park
; seashore
; season
; environmental monitoring
; recreational park
; waste
; water pollution
; Arctic
; Gulf of Alaska
; Pacific Ocean
; Alaska
; Environmental Monitoring
; Parks, Recreational
; Plastics
; Waste Products
; Water Pollution
Scopus学科分类:
Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要:
Marine debris is a management issue with ecological and recreational impacts for agencies, especially on remote beaches not accessible by road. This project was implemented to remove and document marine debris from five coastal National Park Service units in Alaska. Approximately 80�km of coastline were cleaned with over 10,000�kg of debris collected. Marine debris was found at all 28 beaches surveyed. Hard plastics were found on every beach and foam was found at every beach except one. Rope/netting was the next most commonly found category, present at 23 beaches. Overall, plastic contributed to 60% of the total weight of debris. Rope/netting (14.6%) was a greater proportion of the weight from all beaches than foam (13.3%). Non-ferrous metal contributed the smallest amount of debris by weight (1.7%). The work forms a reference condition dataset of debris surveyed in the Western Arctic and the Gulf of Alaska within one season. � 2017
Alaska SeaLife Center, PO Box 1329, Seward, AK, United States; School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States; Kenai Fjords National Park, PO Box 1221, Seward, AK, United States; Western Arctic National Parklands, 41A Wandling Road, Winthrop, WA, United States; Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, PO Box 439, Copper Center, AK, United States; Katmai National Park and Preserve, PO Box 7, King Salmon, AK, United States; National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office, 240 W. 5th Ave, Anchorage, AK, United States
Recommended Citation:
Polasek L.,Bering J.,Kim H.,et al. Marine debris in five national parks in Alaska[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2017-01-01,117(2018-01-02)