{"id":31947,"date":"2014-03-17T22:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/2014\/03\/17\/influence-of-proximity-to-an-urban-center-in-the-pattern-of-contamination-by-marine-debris\/"},"modified":"2014-03-17T22:00:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T20:00:34","slug":"influence-of-proximity-to-an-urban-center-in-the-pattern-of-contamination-by-marine-debris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/en\/brazil-en\/2014\/influence-of-proximity-to-an-urban-center-in-the-pattern-of-contamination-by-marine-debris\/","title":{"rendered":"Influence of proximity to an urban center in the pattern of contamination by marine debris"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>A.S. Leite, L.L. Santos, Y. Costa, V. Hatje, Influence of proximity to\nan urban center in the pattern of contamination by marine debris, Marine\nPollution Bulletin, Available online 12 February 2014, ISSN 0025-326X,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.marpolbul.2014.01.032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.marpolbul.2014.01.032<\/a>.\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X14000332\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X14000332<\/a>)\nAbstract: In order to test the relationship between the occurrence of\nmarine debris and the distance from urban areas, nine beaches in the\nmetropolitan area of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and the adjacent northern\ncoast were studied. Marine debris were collected, sorted in several\ncategories and weighed. It was observed that plastics were numerically\nthe most abundant component of the collected debris. As expected, the\nbeaches closest to Salvador presented the largest density of debris,\nwith the exception of the Porto da Barra beach, which has an efficient\npublic cleaning system and does not have any vegetation, making it\ndifficult to accumulate solid waste. Linear regression analyses showed\nsignificant relationships between the distance from the urban center\n(Salvador) and the number of marine debris per m2, the total number of\ndebris per beach (abundance), and the diversity of debris types\n(richness). The results showed that proximity to urban regions was a key\nfactor in the marine debris distribution along the coast.\nKeywords: Solid waste; Contamination; Salvador; Regression analyses; Bahia<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A.S. Leite, L.L. Santos, Y. Costa, V. Hatje, Influence of proximity to an urban center in the pattern of contamination by marine debris, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Available online 12 February 2014, ISSN 0025-326X, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.marpolbul.2014.01.032. (http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X14000332) Abstract: In order to test the relationship between the occurrence of marine debris and the distance from urban areas, nine beaches in the metropolitan area of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and the adjacent northern coast were studied. Marine debris were collected, sorted in several categories and weighed. It was observed that plastics were numerically the most abundant component of the collected debris. As expected, the beaches closest to Salvador presented the largest density of debris, with the exception of the Porto da Barra beach, which has an efficient public cleaning system and does not have any vegetation, making it difficult to accumulate solid waste. Linear regression analyses showed significant relationships between the distance from the urban center (Salvador) and the number of marine debris per m2, the total number of debris per beach (abundance), and the diversity of debris types (richness). The results showed that proximity to urban regions was a key factor in the marine debris distribution along the coast. Keywords: Solid waste; Contamination; Salvador; Regression analyses; Bahia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3420,3423],"tags":[1309,1585,3701],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Influence of proximity to an urban center in the pattern of contamination by marine debris - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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(http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X14000332) Abstract: In order to test the relationship between the occurrence of marine debris and the distance from urban areas, nine beaches in the metropolitan area of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and the adjacent northern coast were studied. Marine debris were collected, sorted in several categories and weighed. It was observed that plastics were numerically the most abundant component of the collected debris. As expected, the beaches closest to Salvador presented the largest density of debris, with the exception of the Porto da Barra beach, which has an efficient public cleaning system and does not have any vegetation, making it difficult to accumulate solid waste. Linear regression analyses showed significant relationships between the distance from the urban center (Salvador) and the number of marine debris per m2, the total number of debris per beach (abundance), and the diversity of debris types (richness). 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