Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 46, Issue 9, Pages 1142-1149Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00192-9
Keywords
marine debris; plastic; pollution; Mediterranean Sea; monitoring; meteorological forcing
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Results from visual sightings of large floating debris are presented, taken in the Ligurian Sea, a sub-basin of the north-western Mediterranean Sea which belongs to the recently stated Cetacean Sanctuary. Data have been collected during three oceanographic cruises, during the summer of 1997 and 2000. Results for the 1997 data suggest a debris density of the order of 15-25 objects km(-2), while for the 2000 data, a lower density of the order of 3-1.5 objects km(-2) is found. The difference between the two results appears statistically significant using simple tests. Possible reasons for the observed variability are discussed, including meteorological forcing, marine currents and debris input variability. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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