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Title
Composition and Spatial Distribution of Litter on the Seafloor
Title (original)
Composition and Spatial Distribution of Litter on the Seafloor
Description
This report assesses the presence of litter on the seafloor in both coastal waters and the deep sea. The presence of large amounts of plastic litter has been reported on the European continental shelf. Benthic trawl surveys are a practical way to monitor seafloor litter (on the continental shelf), because they are already in use for fish stock assessments, cover a wide area of seafloor and collect a sufficient quantity of litter for analysis.
Authors
OSPAR Commission
Publication year
2017
Resource type
Reports
Language
English
French
Areas of knowledge
Mapping of marine litter
Monitoring of marine litter
Number of links to resource
3