Plastic waste: challenges and opportunities to mitigate pollution and effective management

MG Kibria, NI Masuk, R Safayet, HQ Nguyen… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The present world is now facing the challenge of proper management and resource
recovery of the enormous amount of plastic waste. Lack of technical skills for managing …

Microplastic ingestion by Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758 fish and its potential for causing oxidative stress

C Alomar, A Sureda, X Capó, B Guijarro, S Tejada… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
A total of 417 striped red mullet, Mullus surmuletus, were analyzed to study microplastic
ingestion and livers of fish were assessed to study effects of microplastics. Nearly one third …

Challenges for sustained observing and forecasting systems in the Mediterranean Sea

J Tintoré, N Pinardi, E Álvarez-Fanjul… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Mediterranean community represented in this paper is the result of more than 30 years
of EU and nationally funded coordination, which has led to key contributions in science …

Are litter, plastic and microplastic quantities increasing in the ocean?

F Galgani, AS Brien, J Weis, C Ioakeimidis… - Microplastics and …, 2021 - Springer
Whilst both plastic production and inputs at sea have increased since the 1950s, several
modelling studies predict a further increase in the coming years in these respective …

Effects of Human Activity on Markers of Oxidative Stress in the Intestine of Holothuria tubulosa, with Special Reference to the Presence of Microplastics

J Lombardo, A Solomando, A Cohen-Sánchez… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pollution in the seas and oceans is a global problem, which highlights emerging pollutants
and plastics, specifically microplastics (MPs), which are tiny (1 μm to 5 mm) ubiquitous …

Spatial distribution of macro-and micro-litter items along rocky and sandy beaches of a Marine Protected Area in the western Mediterranean Sea

M Compa, C Alomar, M Morató, E Álvarez… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the spatial distribution and physical characteristics of beach macro-and micro-
litter within the Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park (Cabrera MPA), in …

3D hotspots of marine litter in the Mediterranean: a modeling study

J Soto-Navarro, G Jordá, S Deudero, C Alomar… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
The 3D dispersion of marine litter (ML) over the Mediterranean basin has been simulated
using the velocity fields from a high resolution circulation model as base to run a 3D …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic collaborative water surface coverage and cleaning strategy of UAV and USVs

T Deng, X Xu, Z Ding, X Xiao, M Zhu, K Peng - Digital Communications and …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the problem of surface garbage pollution becomes more serious, it is necessary to
improve the efficiency of garbage inspection and picking rather than traditional manual …

SMURF: A fully autonomous water surface cleaning robot with a novel coverage path planning method

J Zhu, Y Yang, Y Cheng - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, more attention has been paid to water surface environment protection.
Current water surface waste cleaning mainly relies on manual operations, which are low …

Nearshore spatio-temporal sea surface trawls of plastic debris in the Balearic Islands

M Compa, C Alomar, B Mourre, D March… - Marine environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nearshore sea-surface manta trawls were carried out monthly at seven sites along the
coastline of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Plastic …