Alomar, C. (Carme)

Compa, M. (Montserrat)

Deudero, S. (Salud)

Morató, Mercé

Álvarez, E. (Elvira)

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Morato, Mercé

Compa, Montserrat

Alomar, Carme

Álvarez, Elvira

Deudero, Salud

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DIVING FOR ASSESSING SEAFLOOR MARINE LITTER IN SHALLOW COASTAL MPAS; IS THERE A RELATION WITH THE BEACHED LITTER?

Morato, M. (Mercé)

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DIVING FOR ASSESSING SEAFLOOR MARINELITTER IN SHALLOW COASTAL MPAS; ISTHERE A RELATION WITH THE BEACHEDLITTER?Mercè Morató Trobat∗1, Monserrat Compa Ferrer∗2, Carme Alomar Mascaró1, ElviraÁlvarez Pérez1, and Salud Deudero Company11Instituto Español de Oceanograf́ıa, Centro de Baleares – Moll de Ponent s/n. 07015 Palma, Spain2Instituto Español de Oceanograf́ıa, Centro de Baleares – Moll de Ponent s/n. 07015 Palma, SpainAbstractThe Mediterranean Sea is one of the most affected seas by marine litter and Marine Pro-tected Areas (MPAs) are not free from this type of pollution (Alomar et al., 2016). Litter inthe marine environment is a risk for different species and ecosystems (Deudero and Alomar,2015), and the Balearic island are susceptible to plastic pollution in coastal areas especiallyduring the summer season (Compa et al., 2019). The abundance and composition of marinelitter were surveyed on six beaches and twelve coastal seafloor areas were monitored throughscuba diving surveys in Cabrera National Park (Balearic Islands) to characterize and studymarine litter abundance and composition in this MPA.According to beaches, artificial polymer materials made up 94% of the items identified, incontrast, in the seafloor samples, the artificial polymer materials were the main fraction(96%) in a seafloor located within the port follow by glass and ceramics (up to 83%) in anintegral reserve area. Preliminary results highlight that there is variation in the amountof macrolitter arriving to the beaches and the seafloor of Cabrera National Park. Overall,more than 4750 macro litter items were identified on the beaches and in the surroundingseafloor shallow areas indicating not only local sources from within the port area but alsohigh transference to areas where human activities are either limited or with high restrictions.Keywords: Marine Protected Areas, Western Mediterranean Sea, Balearic Islands, Anthropogenicimpacts, Coastal conservation, Benthic litter∗Speakersciencesconf.org:micro2020:334535

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DIVING FOR ASSESSING SEAFLOOR MARINE LITTER IN SHALLOW COASTAL MPAS; IS THERE A RELATION WITH THE BEACHED LITTER?

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