Vesman Anna, Moulin Elodie, Egorova Alexandra, Zaikov Konstantin
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2020 Jan;150:110671. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110671. Epub 2019 Oct 25.
This study focused on the identification and classification of marine litter on four different shores of the uninhabited Northern Island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago (Russian Federation). Using the methodology of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), beach sections of 100 m in length were selected and marine litter items larger than 2.5 cm were collected and classified into nine material categories. A total of 376 marine litter items were collected from the four study areas, corresponding to a density of 1.5 × 10 items/km. Eighty-eight percent of debris was plastic. Marine litter was brought to the shores by major ocean currents, potentially affecting local ecosystems.
本研究聚焦于对俄罗斯联邦新地岛群岛无人居住的北岛四个不同海岸的海洋垃圾进行识别和分类。采用《海洋战略框架指令》（MSFD）的方法，选取了长度为100米的海滩区域，收集了长度大于2.5厘米的海洋垃圾物品，并将其分为九种材料类别。从四个研究区域共收集到376件海洋垃圾物品，对应密度为1.5×10件/千米。88%的垃圾为塑料。主要洋流将海洋垃圾带到海岸，可能会影响当地生态系统。
