Marine Litter Pollution in Baltic Sea Beaches – Application of the Sand Rake Method

Marine Litter Pollution in Baltic Sea Beaches – Application of the Sand Rake Method

Most marine litter monitoring methods used on beaches focus on macro-litter (>25 mm) only and show shortcomings regarding smaller litter classes (<25 mm), especially at Baltic Sea beaches. Therefore, we used a sand rake method developed for large micro- (2–5 mm), and meso- (5–25 mm) li...

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Main Authors: Mirco Haseler, Arunas Balciunas, Rahel Hauk, Viktorija Sabaliauskaite, Irina Chubarenko, Alexandra Ershova, Gerald Schernewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
Marine Strategy Framework Directive
top marine beach litter Items
plastic pellets
cost-effective marine litter monitoring method
Baltic Sea
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2020.599978/full

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