Marine litter on the beaches of the Kanyakumari, Southern India: An assessment of their abundance and pollution indices

Perumal, Karthikeyan; Muthuramalingam, Subagunasekar; Chellaiyan, Stella

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114443

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“…2 . K coefficient that used in this formula is equal to 20 [ 25 ]. This coefficient is chosen to increase the number resulting from the formula for express it more easily.…”

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A comparative study of indexes used for litter pollution assessment in urban and public environments

Delavari Heravi,

Haddadi,

Karami Nejad

et al. 2024

Heliyon

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“…2 . K coefficient that used in this formula is equal to 20 [ 25 ]. This coefficient is chosen to increase the number resulting from the formula for express it more easily.…”

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A comparative study of indexes used for litter pollution assessment in urban and public environments

Delavari Heravi,

Haddadi,

Karami Nejad

et al. 2024

Heliyon

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“…The Plastic Abundance Index ( PAI ) measures the amount of plastic debris concerning the total amount of litter on a beach (Perumal, et al, 2023). The PAI for each of the seven sites was calculated as follows:…”

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Abundance of Marine Macrodebris on the northern Coast of Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka

Selvakumar,

Wijesinghe,

Arulananthan

2023

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Marine plastic debris has become a major concern on the northern coast of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, where it poses a threat to marine resources. A preliminary study was conducted to investigate the abundance and characteristics of marine plastic debris at four major fish landing sites in the northern coast of Jaffna, using the Clean Coast Index (CCI) and Plastic Abundance Index (PAI). The results revealed that the average abundance of marine debris and plastic debris were 1.71 ± 0.42 items/m2 and 1.66 ± 0.57 items/m2, respectively. The most common types of plastic debris were plastic rope and net pieces (23.2%), followed by unidentified weathered plastic fragments (16.7%), beverage bottles (16.2%), bottle caps and lids (13%), and styrofoam (14.1%). The recognized sources of plastic debris were mainly fishing-based activities, recreation activities, transboundary sources, and unidentified sources. The cleanliness level of the fish landing sites were categorized as extremely dirty, with high levels of plastic debris, resulting in a CCI above 10 and a PAI value over 8. This study realized the consequence of implementation of a proper plastic waste management framework in the northern coast of Jaffna and highlights the necessity to address buoyant debris on the northern Indian Ocean.

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“…Recent studies indicate that PPE pollution caused by the COVID-19 epidemic in the coastal region is receiving more attention globally ( Hatami et al, 2022 ; De-la-Torre et al, 2022 ; Mghili et al, 2022 ; Ribeiro et al, 2022 ; Akhbarizadeh et al, 2021 ). Current research about marine pollution and a significant source of marine litter in India has been published ( Karthikeyan et al, 2022 ; Karthikeyan et al, 2021a , Karthikeyan et al, 2021b ; Kaladharan et al, 2017 ; Arun Kumar et al, 2016 ; Ganesapandian et al, 2011 ), as well as studies about plastics ( Sivadas et al, 2021 ), microplastics ( Karthikeyan et al, 2022 ; Sathish et al, 2019 ; Jeyasanta et al, 2020 ; Vidyasakar et al, 2020 ), PPE mask ( Gunasekaran et al, 2022 ; Kannan et al, 2023 ) entering the marine environment. This study aims to (1) identify PPE mask density, spatial distribution, and abundance and (2) recognize PPE mask from chemical characterization using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy.…”

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Abundance, spatial distribution, and chemical characterization of face masks on the beaches of SE Kanyakumari, India

Perumal

Subagunasekar

Nagarajan³

et al. 2023

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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Marine litter on the beaches of the Kanyakumari, Southern India: An assessment of their abundance and pollution indices

Cited by 18 publications

References 49 publications

A comparative study of indexes used for litter pollution assessment in urban and public environments

A comparative study of indexes used for litter pollution assessment in urban and public environments

Abundance of Marine Macrodebris on the northern Coast of Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka

Abundance, spatial distribution, and chemical characterization of face masks on the beaches of SE Kanyakumari, India

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