Plastic pollution is a major societal, economic, and environmental issue. Upon release into
the environment, plastics are altered by biological and physicochemical processes that …

Abstract Seasonal distribution of Marine Litter (ML) on Santos beaches was assessed using
a citizen science strategy. Plastics and cigarette butts (CB) were the dominant items in all …

Litter is an ecological, economic, and social problem that impacts marine environments
around the world. To create prevention and mitigation measures to solve this issue, it is …

Los ecosistemas costeros como las playas, son áreas estratégicas, que soportan una gran
diversidad biológica y promueven el desarrollo económico de las comunidades, a partir del …

Anthropogenic marine debris (AMD) is an environmental pollution that affects marine life,
human health, wellbeing, and the economy. This marine litter can deposit in the coastlines …

The present study investigated the hypothesis that the marine litter found on the beaches of
Santos, in Brazil, may have originated from the mangrove located in the adjacent estuary …

The organic matter (OM) of surface sediments (0–2 cm) from the Santos Basin was
characterized by employing elemental (C, N, P), isotopic (δ 13C and δ 15N), biochemical …

The study evaluated the characteristics of marine litter disposed of by tourists on the Abaís
beach (state of Sergipe, Brazil), during the dry (December/2017, January/2018, and …

Around the coastline of the UK, macro-debris has been observed in average densities of
over 700 items per metre. Systematic beach-cleans were conducted at 35 sites around the …

This study aimed to develop a first diagnostic of marine litter presence over four sandy
beaches located on the southern coast of Sergipe, a Brazilian state, by means of four …