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| DOI | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110909 |
| The impact of anthropogenic litter on Colombia's central Caribbean beaches | |
| Rangel-Buitrago N.; Velez-Mendoza A.; Gracia C. A.; Neal W.J. | |
| 发表日期 | 2020 |
| ISSN | 0025326X |
| 卷号 | 152 |
| 英文摘要 | A total of 7563 anthropogenic litter (AL) items, grouped into twelve different typologies, were collected along 25 beaches located on the central Caribbean coast of Colombia. The average AL abundance was 6.05 items/m2, plastic items being the most common reaching a total percentage of 88.9% with an average density of 5.38 items/m2. Application of 3 evaluation indices, based on the AL data, placed most of the beaches into the status of unacceptable conditions of cleanness (Dirty to Extremely Dirty), and into mediocre to unsatisfactory environmental status. Hazardous anthropogenic litter (HAL), occurred in considerable amounts with hazardous items reaching a high of 7% (502 items of 7563 total items collected), and an average of 0.40 items/m2. Beaches were statistically grouped into four specific types that ranged from beaches in good environmental conditions (Group A) to beaches in extremely adverse environmental conditions (Group D). The typology and magnitudes of AL found along the study area suggest a combination of sources that are associated with the multiple usages developed along this region's coast. Anthropogenic litter is mainly related to land-based sources, and these generating source activities can be found in nearby basins and/or on the same beaches where the litter remains. This paper proposes four key actions to specifically reduce AL, as well as an 8-step agenda to address solutions to the broader management of litter problems. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd |
| 英文关键词 | Anthropogenic litter (AL); Clean coast index (CCI); Colombia; Environmental status index (ESI); Hazardous anthropogenic litter index (HALI) |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| scopus关键词 | Hazards; Anthropogenic litter (AL); Colombia; Environmental conditions; Environmental status index (ESI); Evaluation index; Hazardous anthropogenic litter index (HALI); Key actions; Land-based sources; Beaches; anthropogenic effect; anthropogenic source; beach; coastal zone; environmental management; hazard assessment; marine pollution; article; Caribbean; Colombia; seashore; Caribbean; Colombia; environmental monitoring; swimming; waste; Caribbean Coast [Colombia]; Colombia; plastic; Bathing Beaches; Caribbean Region; Colombia; Environmental Monitoring; Plastics; Waste Products |
| 来源期刊 | Marine Pollution Bulletin
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/149205 |
| 作者单位 | Programa de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia; Programa Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia; Department of Geology, Grand Valley State University, The Seymour K. & Esther R. Padnos Hall of Science 213A, Allendale, MI, United States |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Rangel-Buitrago N.,Velez-Mendoza A.,Gracia C. A.,et al. The impact of anthropogenic litter on Colombia's central Caribbean beaches[J],2020,152. |
| APA | Rangel-Buitrago N.,Velez-Mendoza A.,Gracia C. A.,&Neal W.J..(2020).The impact of anthropogenic litter on Colombia's central Caribbean beaches.Marine Pollution Bulletin,152. |
| MLA | Rangel-Buitrago N.,et al."The impact of anthropogenic litter on Colombia's central Caribbean beaches".Marine Pollution Bulletin 152(2020). |
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