RT Journal Article
T1 Impact of the marine litter pollution on the Mediterranean biodiversity: A risk assessment study with focus on the marine protected areas.
A1 Soto-Navarro, Francisco Javier
A1 Jordà, Gabriel
A1 Compa, Montserrat
A1 Alomar, Carme
A1 Fossi, Maria Cristina
A1 Deudero, Salud
K1 Contaminación marina - Evaluación del riesgo
K1 Biodiversidad marina
AB In this paper a novel methodology to assess the risk of marine litter (ML) pollution in the Mediterranean Sea is implemented. In this approach, the hazard component is estimated using a state-of-the-art 3D modeling system, which allows the simulation of floating and sinking ML particles; the exposure component is defined from biodiversity estimates; and the vulnerability is related to ML ingestion rates of each species. The results show that the hot-spots for the ML risk concentrate in the coastal regions, and are mainly conditioned by the biodiversity in the region. A dedicated analysis on the marine protected areas shows that the risk therein is controlled by the proximity to ML sources and that their present-day protection levels are not effective in the case of ML pollution. Only a reduction of ML at the sources could reduce the impact of ML pollution in protected areas.
PB Elsevier
YR 2021
FD 2021-03-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29395
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29395
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NO J. Soto-Navarro, G. Jordá, M. Compa, C. Alomar, M.C. Fossi, S. Deudero. Impact of the marine litter pollution on the Mediterranean biodiversity: A risk assessment study with focus on the marine protected areas, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 165, 112169. 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112169.
NO Se adjunta la versión postprint aceptada, que incluye las correcciones de de los revisores, debido a que la editorial tiene los derechos de copyright y no permite la difusión en acceso abierto de la versión publicada. Puede accederse a la misma a través del DOI que se incluye en los datos de la publicación.
NO Trabajo realizado en el marco del proyecto EU-Interreg MPAs Plastic Busters: preserving biodiversity from plastics in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas, cofinanciado por el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (acuerdo de subvención nº 4MED17_3.2_M123_027). JSN recibió financiación del proyecto SOCLIMPACT del programa de investigación e innovación Horizonte 2020 de la UE: DownScaling CLImate ImPACTs and descarbonisation paths in EU islands, and enhancing socioeconomic and non-market evaluation of climate change in Europe, for 2050 and beyond (acuerdo de subvención 776661).
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