An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
Lack of knowledge on levels and trends of litter and microplastics in the Arctic, is limiting our understanding of the sources, transport, fate, and effects is hampering global activities aimed at reducing litter and microplastics in the environment. To obtain a holistic view to managing litter and...
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| author | Jennifer Provencher Tanja Kögel Amy Lusher Katrin Vorkamp Alessio Gomiero Ilka Peeken Maria Granberg Sjúrður Hammer Julia Baak Jan Rene Larsen Eivind Farmen |
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| description | Lack of knowledge on levels and trends of litter and microplastics in the Arctic, is limiting our understanding of the sources, transport, fate, and effects is hampering global activities aimed at reducing litter and microplastics in the environment. To obtain a holistic view to managing litter and microplastics in the Arctic, we considered the current state of knowledge and methods for litter and microplastics monitoring in eleven environmental compartments representing the marine, freshwater, terrestrial, and atmospheric environments. Based on available harmonized methods, and existing data in the Arctic, we recommend prioritization of implementing litter and microplastics monitoring in the Arctic in four Priority 1 compartments—water, aquatic sediments, shorelines, and seabirds. One or several of these compartments should be monitored to provide benchmark data for litter and microplastics in the Arctic and, in the future, data on spatial and temporal trends. For the other environmental compartments, methods should be refined for future sources and surveillance monitoring, as well as monitoring of effects. Implementation of the monitoring activities should include community-based local components where possible. While organized as national and regional programs, monitoring of litter and microplastics in the Arctic should be coordinated, with a view to future pan-Arctic assessments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc572f2ccc4f416a96beac5b6faeca362022-12-22T04:39:37ZengCanadian Science PublishingArctic Science2368-74602022-12-01841067108110.1139/as-2021-0059An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)Jennifer Provencher0Tanja Kögel1Amy Lusher2Katrin Vorkamp3Alessio Gomiero4Ilka Peeken5Maria Granberg6Sjúrður Hammer7Julia Baak8Jan Rene Larsen9Eivind Farmen10Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Raven Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H3, CanadaDepartment of Biological Science, University of Bergen, 5007, Bergen, NorwayInstitute of Marine Research (IMR), Nordnesgaten 50, 5005, Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, DK-4000, Roskilde, DenmarkNorwegian Research Centre (NORCE), Prof. Olav Hanssensvei 15, 4021, Stavanger, NorwayAlfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570, Bremerhaven, GermanyIVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Kristineberg Marine Research Station, 450 34, Fiskebäckskil, SwedenFaroese Environment Agency, 38 Traðargøta, 165, Argir, Faroe IslandsDepartment of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9, CanadaThe Fram Centre, Box 6606 Stakkevollan, 9296, Tromsø, NorwayNorwegian Environment Agency, Grensesvingen 7, 0663, Oslo, NorwayLack of knowledge on levels and trends of litter and microplastics in the Arctic, is limiting our understanding of the sources, transport, fate, and effects is hampering global activities aimed at reducing litter and microplastics in the environment. To obtain a holistic view to managing litter and microplastics in the Arctic, we considered the current state of knowledge and methods for litter and microplastics monitoring in eleven environmental compartments representing the marine, freshwater, terrestrial, and atmospheric environments. Based on available harmonized methods, and existing data in the Arctic, we recommend prioritization of implementing litter and microplastics monitoring in the Arctic in four Priority 1 compartments—water, aquatic sediments, shorelines, and seabirds. One or several of these compartments should be monitored to provide benchmark data for litter and microplastics in the Arctic and, in the future, data on spatial and temporal trends. For the other environmental compartments, methods should be refined for future sources and surveillance monitoring, as well as monitoring of effects. Implementation of the monitoring activities should include community-based local components where possible. While organized as national and regional programs, monitoring of litter and microplastics in the Arctic should be coordinated, with a view to future pan-Arctic assessments.https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/as-2021-0059Arcticdebrisspatial and temporal trendsbaselinemonitoringArctique |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer Provencher Tanja Kögel Amy Lusher Katrin Vorkamp Alessio Gomiero Ilka Peeken Maria Granberg Sjúrður Hammer Julia Baak Jan Rene Larsen Eivind Farmen An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Arctic Science Arctic debris spatial and temporal trends baseline monitoring Arctique |
| title | An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) |
| title_full | An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) |
| title_fullStr | An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) |
| title_full_unstemmed | An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) |
| title_short | An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) |
| title_sort | ecosystem scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the arctic monitoring and assessment programme amap |
| topic | Arctic debris spatial and temporal trends baseline monitoring Arctique |
| url | https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/as-2021-0059 |
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