Global Review of Beach Debris Monitoring and Future Recommendations
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2019-10-02Submitted date
2020-01-28Subject Terms
ColourGeological materials
Plastics
Environmental pollution
Computer simulations
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Marine debris is distributed worldwide and constitutes an increasing threat to our environment. The exponential increase in the level of plastic debris raises numerous concerns and has led to an intensification in plastic monitoring and research. However, global spatial and temporal patterns and knowledge gaps in debris distribution, both on land and at sea, are relatively poorly understood, mainly due to a lack of comprehensive data sets. Here, we critically review the quality of the available information about beach plastic debris worldwide to highlight where the most urgent actions are required and to promote the standardization of reporting metrics and sampling methods among researchers. From a total of 174 studies evaluated, 27.0% reported marine debris densities in metrics that were not comparable. Some studies failed to report basic parameters, such as the date of the sampling (9.8%) or the size of the collected debris (19.5%). Our findings show that current research regarding beach debris requires significant improvement and standardization and would benefit from the adoption of a common reporting framework to promote consensus within the scientific community.Citation
Global Review of Beach Debris Monitoring and Future Recommendations Catarina Serra-Gonçalves, Jennifer L. Lavers, and Alexander L. Bond Environmental Science & Technology 2019 53 (21), 12158-12167 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01424Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)Type
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The attached document is the authors’ final accepted/submitted version of the journal article. You are advised to consult the publisher’s version if you wish to cite from it.ISSN
0013-936XEISSN
1520-5851ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1021/acs.est.9b01424
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