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Stefanie Werner, Ania Budziak, Jan van Franeker, François Galgani, Georg Hanke, Thomas Maes, Marco Matiddi, Per Nilsson, Lex Oosterbaan, Emma Priestland, Richard Thompson, Joana Veiga and Thomais Vlachogianni | |
Marine litter is a global concern with a range of problems associated to it, as recognised
by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Marine litter can impact organisms
at different levels of biological organization and habitats in a number of ways namely:
through entanglement in, or ingestion of, litter items by individuals, resulting in death
and/or severe suffering; through chemical and microbial transfer; as a vector for
transport of biota and by altering or modifying assemblages of species. Marine litter is a
threat not only to marine species and ecosystems but also carries a risk to human health
and has significant implications to human welfare, impacting negatively vital economic
sectors such as tourism, fisheries, aquaculture or energy supply and bringing economic
losses to individuals, enterprises and communities. | |
Keywords: Marine, Litter, Thematic, Report, Riverine, Monitoring, Harm | |
Type | Report |
Published | 2017 |
Source | doi:10.2788/690366 |
Ref. | EUR 28317 EN |
Level | DE |
Language | FR |
Inv. nb: | 201709180716 Download: 500.0 Ko |