Marine Anthropogenic Litter

Bergmann, Melanie; Gutow, Lars; Klages, Michaël

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16510-3

Cited by 636 publications

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“…The degradation of plastics into microplastics and their transport in the water column and accumulation in the sediments provides an additional source of concern (Thompson et al, 2009;Bergmann et al, 2015). These microplastics are potential sources of toxic substances (e.g., persistent organic pollutants) and if ingested, may have lethal or sub-lethal effects on the fauna as well as pose a threat to human health through their bio-accumulation in the marine food web (Thompson et al, 2009;Lusher, 2015;Rochman, 2015). Investigation of chemical contamination of deep-sea ecosystems is increasing.…”

Section: Canyons As Sinks For Marine Litter and Chemical Pollutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecological Role of Submarine Canyons and Need for Canyon Conservation: A Review

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Submarine canyons are major geomorphic features of continental margins around the world. Several recent multidisciplinary projects focused on the study of canyons have considerably increased our understanding of their ecological role, the goods, and services they provide to human populations, and the impacts that human activities have on their overall ecological condition. Pressures from human activities include fishing, dumping of land-based mine tailings, and oil and gas extraction. Moreover, hydrodynamic processes of canyons enhance the down-canyon transport of litter. The effects of climate change may modify the intensity of currents. This potential hydrographic change is predicted to impact the structure and functioning of canyon communities as well as affect nutrient supply to the deep-ocean ecosystem. This review not only identifies the ecological status of canyons, and current and future issues for canyon conservation, but also highlights the need for a better understanding of anthropogenic impacts on canyon ecosystems and proposes other research required to inform management measures to protect canyon ecosystems.

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Section: Canyons As Sinks For Marine Litter and Chemical Pollutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecological Role of Submarine Canyons and Need for Canyon Conservation: A Review

et al. 2017

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“…If this trend continues, threat to marine and estuarine biota through plastic ingestion may be significant and increasing. As such monitoring of plastic pollution and additional studies on pollutant loads are recommended (Murray and Cowie, 2011;Rochman, 2015).…”

Section: Size Of Plastic Fragments In Pmwmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Hydrophobic plastic fragments also leach contaminants and attract additional lipid soluble pollutants, such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), aqueous metals, and endocrine disrupting chemicals (Derraik, 2002;Cole et al, 2011;Rochman et al, 2014;Rochman, 2015). These can biomagnify up marine food chains when ingested by biota, and pose a threat to human health through our collective dependence on marine food sources (Erren et al, 2015;Seltenrich, 2015).…”

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Plastic Pollution Patterns in Offshore, Nearshore and Estuarine Waters: A Case Study from Perth, Western Australia

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Pattiaratchi

2017

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Plastic pollution in marine surface waters is prone to high spatial and temporal variability. As a result increases in pollution over time are hard to detect. Selecting areas, based on variable oceanographic and climatological drivers, rather than distance-based approaches, is proposed as a means to better understand the dynamics of this confounding variability in coastal environments. A pilot study conducted in Perth metropolitan waters aimed to explore the applicability of this approach, whilst quantifying levels of plastic pollution in an understudied part of the world. Pollution ranged from 950 to 60,000 pieces km −2 and was dominated by fishing line. Offshore concentrations were highest with strongest Leeuwin Current flow, in the estuary immediately after rainfall, and increased in the nearshore after estuarine outfall. Results elucidated significant relationships between physical drivers and concentration changes and therefore their roles in increasing or decreasing local plastic pollution. Such observations can form the basis for predicting peak pollution periods and inform targeted mitigation.

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“…It is non-degradable and stays in the environment for hundreds of years, and toxic chemicals released by polystyrene are ingested, becoming part of marine life and the food chain. [15] Polystyrene is suspected of causing cancer and leading to hormonal disturbances. [16] In addition, polystyrene production contributes considerably to the depletion of the ozone layer.…”

Section: Creating a Polystyrene-free Hospitalmentioning

confidence: 99%