Assessment of Marine Litter in the Coralligenous Habitat of a Marine Protected Area along the Ionian Coast of Sicily (Central Mediterranean)
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Experimental Design
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Transect | Recording Minutes | Number of Frames | Number of Items (Frequency) | Density | Depth Range | Lenght | Exposure | Latitude and Longitude | |
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Initial Point of the Transect | Final Point of the Transect | ||||||||
TLa | 132 | 10 | 11 (47.8%) | 5.5 items/ 100 m2 | 35 m | ~200 m | East–South/East | 37°33′41.50″ N 15°10′6.26″ E | 37°33′34.82″ N 15°10′4.98″ E |
TLb | 68 | 7 | 8 (34.8%) | 4 items/ 100 m2 | 33 m | ~200 m | North/East–North | 37°33′44.02″ N 15°10′1.85″ E | 37°33′40.56″ N 15°10′8.73″ E |
TLc | 87 | 4 | 4 (17.4%) | 2 items/ 100 m2 | 35 m | ~200 m | South–South/West | 37°33′25.09″ N 15°09′47.47″ E | 37°33′24.79″ N 15°09′56.47″ E |
Items | Group of Marine Litter | Number of Findings | Frequencies of the Groups |
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Rubber | General waste | 1 | 3 (13.04%) |
Block of iron and concrete | General waste | 1 | |
Glass bottle | General waste | 1 | |
Rope | Fishing gear | 8 | 20 (86.96%) |
Fishing line | Fishing gear | 7 | |
Set net | Fishing gear | 2 | |
Floating rope | Fishing gear | 2 | |
Buoy chain | Fishing gear | 1 |
Genera. |
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Antithamnion Nägeli |
Apoglossum (J.Agardh) J.Agardh |
CaulacanthusKützing |
Ceramium Roth |
Champia Desvaux |
Contarinia Zanardini |
Erythrotrichia Areschoug |
Gelidiella Feldmann & G.Hamel |
Gloiocladia J.Agardh |
HeterosiphoniaMontagne |
Hydrolithon (Foslie) Foslie |
Irvinea Guiry |
Jania J.V.Lamouroux |
Kallymenia J.Agardh |
Lophosiphonia Falkenberg |
Mesophyllum Me.Lemoine |
Peyssonnelia Decaisne |
Phyllophora Greville |
PneophyllumKützing |
Pterothamnion Nägeli |
Rhodophyllis Kützing |
Rhodymenia Greville |
Seirospora Harvey |
Spermothamnion Areschoug |
Dictyota J.V.Lamouroux |
Halopteris Kützing |
Lobophora J.Agardh |
Sphacelaria Lyngbye |
Derbesia Solier |
Palmophyllum Kützing |
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Costanzo, L.G.; Marletta, G.; Alongi, G. Assessment of Marine Litter in the Coralligenous Habitat of a Marine Protected Area along the Ionian Coast of Sicily (Central Mediterranean). J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2020, 8, 656. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8090656
Costanzo LG, Marletta G, Alongi G. Assessment of Marine Litter in the Coralligenous Habitat of a Marine Protected Area along the Ionian Coast of Sicily (Central Mediterranean). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2020; 8(9):656. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8090656
Chicago/Turabian StyleCostanzo, Luca Giuseppe, Giuliana Marletta, and Giuseppina Alongi. 2020. "Assessment of Marine Litter in the Coralligenous Habitat of a Marine Protected Area along the Ionian Coast of Sicily (Central Mediterranean)" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, no. 9: 656. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8090656
APA StyleCostanzo, L. G., Marletta, G., & Alongi, G. (2020). Assessment of Marine Litter in the Coralligenous Habitat of a Marine Protected Area along the Ionian Coast of Sicily (Central Mediterranean). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8(9), 656. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8090656