Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 141, Issue -, Pages 147-160Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.01.018
Keywords
Litter impact; Megafauna; Tools; Entanglement; Ingestion; Policies
Funding
- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
- Telematics Trust
- Phillip Island Nature Parks
- Penguin Foundation
- DGENV project [11.0661/2016/748064/SUB/ENV.C2, MNHN SJ 114-13, IFREMER 13/3211941 Avenant 131941-AV1]
- CONACyT
- Proyecto Manta [SIP 20181417]
- National Geographic Society, United States [WW-263ER-17, 2017]
- CICIMAR-IPN through the Fellowship SAL TP
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Adverse impacts of marine litter is documented on > 1400 species, including marine megafauna (fish, birds, sea turtles and mammals). The primary impacts include ingestion and entanglement, and there is increasing concern about chemical contamination via ingestion. Numerous survey approaches and monitoring programs have been developed and implemented around the world. They may aim to provide data about parameters such as species distribution and interactions with anthropogenic activities. During the Sixth International Marine Debris Conference, a session was dedicated to the tools and constraints in monitoring interactions between litter and megafauna. In the present paper, we summarize 7 case studies which discuss entanglement and ingestion including macro- and micro-debris in several taxa and across multiple geographic regions. We then discusses the importance of tools and standardizing methods for assessment and management purposes, in the context of international environmental policies and marine litter strategies.
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