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Title
Plastic debris occurrence, convergence areas and fin whales feeding ground in the Mediterranean Marine Protected Area Pelagos Sanctuary: a modelling approach
Title (original)
Plastic debris occurrence, convergence areas and fin whales feeding ground in the Mediterranean Marine Protected Area Pelagos Sanctuary: a modelling approach
Description
The authors investigate the possible overlap between microplastic, mesoplastic and macrolitter accumulation areas and the fin whale feeding grounds in in a pelagic Specially Protected Area of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMI): the Pelagos Sanctuary. Models of ocean circulation and fin whale potential habitat were merged to compare marine litter accumulation with the presence of whales. Additionally, field data on microplastics, mesoplastics, and macrolitter abundance and cetacean presence were simultaneously collected.
Authors
FOSSI MARIA CRISTINA; ROMEO TERRESA; BAINI MATTEO; PANTI CRISTINA; MARSILI LETIZIA; CAMPANI TOMMASO; CANESE SIMONEPIETRO; GALGANI FRANCOIS; DRUON JEAN-NOEL; AIROLDI SABINA; TADDEI STEFANO; FATTORINI MARIA; BRANDINI CARLO; LAPUCCI CHIARA
Publication year
2017
Resource type
Scientific publication
Language
English
Areas of knowledge
Microplastics
Toxicity and impact of meso and macro marine litter
Modelling marine litter
Mapping of marine litter
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