Spain Archives - One Earth - One Ocean e. V. https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/tag/spain-en/ Eine weitere WordPress-Website Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:15:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-oeoo-logo-unterzeile-blau-1-32x32.jpg Spain Archives - One Earth - One Ocean e. V. https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/tag/spain-en/ 32 32 Baseline study of the distribution of marine debris on soft-bottom habitats associated with trawling grounds in the northern Mediterranean https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/2009-en/2014/baseline-study-of-the-distribution-of-marine-debris-on-soft-bottom-habitats-associated-with-trawling-grounds-in-the-northern-mediterranean/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/2009-en/2014/baseline-study-of-the-distribution-of-marine-debris-on-soft-bottom-habitats-associated-with-trawling-grounds-in-the-northern-mediterranean/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:15:09 +0000 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/2014/03/06/baseline-study-of-the-distribution-of-marine-debris-on-soft-bottom-habitats-associated-with-trawling-grounds-in-the-northern-mediterranean/ Pilar Sánchez, Mercedes Masó, Raquel Sáez, Silvia de Juan, Alba Muntadas and Montserrat Demestre Baseline study of the distribution of marine debris on soft-bottom habitats associated with trawling grounds in the northern Mediterranean Sci. Mar. 77(2) : 247-255 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar03702.10A SUMMARY: The present study aims to analyse the local and regional variability in the density and typology of marine debris on fishing grounds on the northern Mediterranean continental shelf, and to test relationships between marine litter and trawl fishing activity. Moreover, the colonization of plastics was examined in order to study the importance of plastics as a source of impact on marine communities and their further environmental implications. This study surveyed 11 sites, associated with trawling grounds and subjected to different levels of fishing intensity, located in four areas of the Mediterranean: one in Italy, the Central Tyrrhenian coast, one in Greece, the eastern Ionian coast, and two in Spain, the Murcian and Catalan coasts. Samples were collected during an oceanographic cruise undertaken from the 21 May to the 24 June 2009. Results showed geographical variation in the density of marine debris which ranged from 0 to 405 pieces per hectare in the surveyed areas, plastics being the dominant components. Variability within sites was higher than between areas, indicating small-scale patchiness in the distribution of the debris over the seafloor. Though the study areas were within trawling grounds, the density of debris was not significantly correlated with fishing effort. More than 30% of plastics were between 10 and 20 cm width/length, and more than 40% of the plastics were colonized by a biofilm of microorganisms, suggesting indirect effects on benthic communities. Keywords: marine debris, seabed plastic accumulation, colonized benthic plastics, northern Mediterranean Sea. http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php/secId/6/IdArt/4196/ http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/download.php/Cd/40cc43d564c7b4e36c99e817e931459f/IdArt/4196

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]]> Pilar Sánchez, Mercedes Masó, Raquel Sáez, Silvia de Juan, Alba Muntadas and Montserrat Demestre Baseline study of the distribution of marine debris on soft-bottom habitats associated with trawling grounds in the northern Mediterranean Sci. Mar. 77(2) : 247-255 - DOI: 10.3989/scimar03702.10A SUMMARY: The present study aims to analyse the local and regional variability in the density and typology of marine debris on fishing grounds on the northern Mediterranean continental shelf, and to test relationships between marine litter and trawl fishing activity. Moreover, the colonization of plastics was examined in order to study the importance of plastics as a source of impact on marine communities and their further environmental implications. This study surveyed 11 sites, associated with trawling grounds and subjected to different levels of fishing intensity, located in four areas of the Mediterranean: one in Italy, the Central Tyrrhenian coast, one in Greece, the eastern Ionian coast, and two in Spain, the Murcian and Catalan coasts. Samples were collected during an oceanographic cruise undertaken from the 21 May to the 24 June 2009. Results showed geographical variation in the density of marine debris which ranged from 0 to 405 pieces per hectare in the surveyed areas, plastics being the dominant components. Variability within sites was higher than between areas, indicating small-scale patchiness in the distribution of the debris over the seafloor. Though the study areas were within trawling grounds, the density of debris was not significantly correlated with fishing effort. More than 30% of plastics were between 10 and 20 cm width/length, and more than 40% of the plastics were colonized by a biofilm of microorganisms, suggesting indirect effects on benthic communities. Keywords: marine debris, seabed plastic accumulation, colonized benthic plastics, northern Mediterranean Sea. 
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