| Title | Anthropogenic litter in a Mediterranean coastal wetland: A heterogeneous spatial pattern of historical deposition |
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| Publication Type | Articolo su Rivista peer-reviewed |
| Year of Publication | 2024 |
| Authors | Battisti, C., Cesarini G., Gallitelli L., Moretti F., and Scalici M. |
| Journal | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
| Volume | 201 |
| ISSN | 0025326X |
| Keywords | and Sandro Mantovani., Anthropogenics, Chiara Pierotti and Andrea Marini (National Civil Service - Municipality of Ladispoli), Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale), Coastal wetlands, Consumer items, funding_text 1=We wish to acknowledge a large number of workers, Litter diversity, Meteo-marine event, Municipality of Ladispoli) and all the volunteers supporting us during the management activities of clean ups, operators of the Public Agency managing the protected area (‘Torre Flavia’ wetland Natural Monument (Special Area of Conservation EU 147/2009/EC, Poaching, Spatial patterns, water stress, Wetland area, Wetland clean-up, Wetlands |
| Abstract | Coastal wetlands represent areas that can testify historical accumulation of litter. We analyzed the anthropogenic litter deposited on the channel bottom of a coastal wetland area that experienced water stress due to extreme summer dryness after about 20 years. We hypothesize that the litter accumulated in the different areas over the years reflects the different social user categories (i.e., fishermen, beach users, hunters) and exposure to meteo-marine events. Our findings highlight that historically accumulated litter is composed of plastics (78.8 %), clothes (8.9 %), and glass (4.9 %). Moreover, litter concentration averages 53.6 items/ha in the 8 sectors. The most found categories were common household items (25.4 %), diverse (professional and consumer) items (24.2 %), and food and beverages packaging (21.4 %). Finally, litter diversity indices and the Detrended Correspondence Analysis showed sector and litter type similarities. We reported for the first time the presence of litter accumulated for 20 years testifying non-more occurring recreational activities. © 2024 The Authors |
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| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85185835068&doi=10.1016%2fj.marpolbul.2024.116163&partnerID=40&md5=39e6df37a29ad78e935c90446867bc60 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116163 |
| Citation Key | Battisti2024 |
