ASSESSMENT OF BARENTS SEA FLOATING MARINE MACRO LITTER POLLUTION DURING THE VESSEL SURVEY IN 2019
The relevance of the research is caused by the increasing accumulation of plastic debris in the marine environment, which has raised serious concerns in the scientific community as well as in the general public. Increasing litter concentrations have a growing impact on living organisms, the quality...
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| author | Maria P. Pogojeva Evgeniy V. Yakushev Petr N. Terskiy Dmitry M. Glazov Vadim A. Alyautdinov Alexander N. Korshenko Georg Hanke Igor P. Semiletov |
| author_facet | Maria P. Pogojeva Evgeniy V. Yakushev Petr N. Terskiy Dmitry M. Glazov Vadim A. Alyautdinov Alexander N. Korshenko Georg Hanke Igor P. Semiletov |
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| description | The relevance of the research is caused by the increasing accumulation of plastic debris in the marine environment, which has raised serious concerns in the scientific community as well as in the general public. Increasing litter concentrations have a growing impact on living organisms, the quality of marine waters and the ecosystem as a whole, often affecting living and health conditions of human beings as well. Taking into account the global water masses circulation, environmental conditions and constantly increasing anthropogenic pressure related to the global warming, the Arctic could potentially serve as a place for the permanent accumulation of plastic waste. Furthermore, the Arctic ecosystem, considered as pristine and fragile environment, could particularly suffer from increasing litter occurrence. The main objectives of this work were the acquisition of new data on the potential accumulation areas of floating marine macro litter (FMML) in the Barents Sea, an initial assessment of the level of pollution by FMML in the Arctic and an analysis of potential sources. Methods. During the survey new methods for FMML monitoring were tested and combined with visual observations, a mobile application was used in order to simplify the harmonized collection of data. The results of this study present the first data on pollution of the eastern part of the Barents Sea by FMML. It was found that the average density corresponds to 3,5 items/ km2. At some transects along the vessel route, numerous significant areas of accumulation of FMML were noted, which was not reported before in the scientific literature. Some practical recommendations were made in the conclusions to reduce the amount of litter entering the marine environment, and the need of regular monitoring studies was highlighted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c3ebc1c199a4844ab23dbcee399f5752022-12-21T21:35:23ZrusTomsk Polytechnic UniversityИзвестия Томского политехнического университета: Инжиниринг георесурсов2500-10192413-18302021-02-013322879610.18799/24131830/2021/2/3045ASSESSMENT OF BARENTS SEA FLOATING MARINE MACRO LITTER POLLUTION DURING THE VESSEL SURVEY IN 2019Maria P. Pogojeva0Evgeniy V. Yakushev1Petr N. Terskiy2Dmitry M. Glazov3Vadim A. Alyautdinov4Alexander N. Korshenko5Georg Hanke6Igor P. Semiletov7Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences; N.N. Zubov State Oceanographic Institute, RoshydrometShirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences; Norwegian Institute of Water ResearchN.N. Zubov State Oceanographic Institute, RoshydrometA.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolutionof Russian Academy of SciencesN.N. Zubov State Oceanographic Institute, RoshydrometN.N. Zubov State Oceanographic Institute, RoshydrometEuropean Commission Joint Research CentreV.I. Ilyichov Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesThe relevance of the research is caused by the increasing accumulation of plastic debris in the marine environment, which has raised serious concerns in the scientific community as well as in the general public. Increasing litter concentrations have a growing impact on living organisms, the quality of marine waters and the ecosystem as a whole, often affecting living and health conditions of human beings as well. Taking into account the global water masses circulation, environmental conditions and constantly increasing anthropogenic pressure related to the global warming, the Arctic could potentially serve as a place for the permanent accumulation of plastic waste. Furthermore, the Arctic ecosystem, considered as pristine and fragile environment, could particularly suffer from increasing litter occurrence. The main objectives of this work were the acquisition of new data on the potential accumulation areas of floating marine macro litter (FMML) in the Barents Sea, an initial assessment of the level of pollution by FMML in the Arctic and an analysis of potential sources. Methods. During the survey new methods for FMML monitoring were tested and combined with visual observations, a mobile application was used in order to simplify the harmonized collection of data. The results of this study present the first data on pollution of the eastern part of the Barents Sea by FMML. It was found that the average density corresponds to 3,5 items/ km2. At some transects along the vessel route, numerous significant areas of accumulation of FMML were noted, which was not reported before in the scientific literature. Some practical recommendations were made in the conclusions to reduce the amount of litter entering the marine environment, and the need of regular monitoring studies was highlighted.http://izvestiya.tpu.ru/archive/article/view/3045/2404marine pollutionmarine floating macro litterarcticbarents seamarine environmental monitoring |
| spellingShingle | Maria P. Pogojeva Evgeniy V. Yakushev Petr N. Terskiy Dmitry M. Glazov Vadim A. Alyautdinov Alexander N. Korshenko Georg Hanke Igor P. Semiletov ASSESSMENT OF BARENTS SEA FLOATING MARINE MACRO LITTER POLLUTION DURING THE VESSEL SURVEY IN 2019 Известия Томского политехнического университета: Инжиниринг георесурсов marine pollution marine floating macro litter arctic barents sea marine environmental monitoring |
| title | ASSESSMENT OF BARENTS SEA FLOATING MARINE MACRO LITTER POLLUTION DURING THE VESSEL SURVEY IN 2019 |
| title_full | ASSESSMENT OF BARENTS SEA FLOATING MARINE MACRO LITTER POLLUTION DURING THE VESSEL SURVEY IN 2019 |
| title_fullStr | ASSESSMENT OF BARENTS SEA FLOATING MARINE MACRO LITTER POLLUTION DURING THE VESSEL SURVEY IN 2019 |
| title_full_unstemmed | ASSESSMENT OF BARENTS SEA FLOATING MARINE MACRO LITTER POLLUTION DURING THE VESSEL SURVEY IN 2019 |
| title_short | ASSESSMENT OF BARENTS SEA FLOATING MARINE MACRO LITTER POLLUTION DURING THE VESSEL SURVEY IN 2019 |
| title_sort | assessment of barents sea floating marine macro litter pollution during the vessel survey in 2019 |
| topic | marine pollution marine floating macro litter arctic barents sea marine environmental monitoring |
| url | http://izvestiya.tpu.ru/archive/article/view/3045/2404 |
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