下面是什么:在水下游泳区的沙垃圾和露面沙之间的比较
Bruna de Ramos1, Monica F Costa1, Tábata Martins de Lima2
1Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Recife, Pernambuco 50740-550, Brazil.
The Science of the total environment
|July 11, 2024
概括
这项研究揭示了暴露的海和水下游泳区之间的沙垃圾组成和来源的显著差异. 虽然水下垃圾不那么丰富,但它显示出更高的生物污染,这表明需要不同的管理策略.
科学领域:
- 海洋污染 海洋污染
- 环境科学环境科学
- 沿海地区的管理.
背景情况:
- 传统的海垃圾监测常常忽视水下游泳区,忽视了海与海洋之间的关键联系.
- 了解这些被忽视的区域中的垃圾动态对于全面的海洋垃圾管理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较海垃圾在暴露的海和水下游泳区之间的采样方法.
- 分析垃圾数量,材料,来源和与海洋生物 (生物) 相互作用的差异.
- 在水下游泳区发现的垃圾进行品牌审计.
主要方法:
- 从暴露的海和水下游泳区收集垃圾的比较采样.
- 垃圾组成 (材料类型) 和潜在来源的分析.
- 对收集的垃圾物品的生物污染的评估.
- 通过垃圾审计进行品牌识别.
主要成果:
- 在水下游泳区 (106个物品) 发现的垃圾明显少于暴露的海 (1706个物品).
- 在这两个地区,塑料垃圾占主导地位 (83.96%在水下,89.92%在海上).
- 水下垃圾主要与食品包装有关,而海垃圾源于海使用 (例如,一次性塑料).
- 在水下游泳区的垃圾中,生物污染 (87.73%) 比暴露的海 (10.00%) 高得多.
- 一项品牌审计确定了21家公司,主要是巴西和食品相关的公司.
结论:
- 沙垃圾的组成,来源和与生物群的相互作用在暴露的海和水下游泳区之间存在显著差异.
- 水下地区的生物污染较高表明居住时间较长或环境条件不同.
- 为了有效应对海洋污染,每个区域都需要量身定制的管理和减缓战略.
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