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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Soto-Navarro, Francisco Javier author Jordà, Gabriel author Compa, Montserrat author Alomar, Carme author Fossi, Maria Cristina author Deudero, Salud author 2021-03-07 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. 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. https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29395 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112169 Contaminación marina - Evaluación del riesgo Biodiversidad marina Impact of the marine litter pollution on the Mediterranean biodiversity: A risk assessment study with focus on the marine protected areas.