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Mandić M, Gvozdenović S, De Vito D, Alfonso G, Daja S, Ago B, Cela E, Ivanović A, Zoto A, Malovrazić N, Beli E, Ingrosso G, De Leo F, Pestorić B, Lule A, Vata F, De Rinaldis A, Carpentieri C, Bode A, Nazaj S, Hoxhaj M, Durmishi C, Paladini G, Peraš I, Raičević M, Fraissinet S, Boero F, Piraino S. Setting thresholds is not enough: Beach litter as indicator of poor environmental status in the southern Adriatic Sea. Mar Pollut Bull 2022; 177:113551. [PMID: 35314395 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
This study deals with the issue of beach litter pollution in the context of the Descriptor 10 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive Good Environmental Status of EU waters and Ecological objective 10, Common indicator 22 of IMAP. Analyses of the amount, distribution and categorization of beach litter were conducted on nine beaches during 108 surveys covering the area of 206.620 m2 in Albania, Italy and Montenegro. Our findings showed that the level of beach litter pollution on south Adriatic beaches is significantly above the adopted threshold values, with a median item numbers of 327, 258 and 234 per 100 m of beach stretch for Albania, Italy and Montenegro, respectively. It can be concluded that, when it comes to beach litter pollution, GES has not been achieved. Given the defined baseline and threshold values at the EU level, the process of reducing the total amount of marine litter in southern Adriatic Sea will be very challenging and needs urgent and specific actions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Milica Mandić
- University of Montenegro, Institute of Marine Biology, Kotor, Montenegro.
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- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare - CoNISMa, Roma, Italy
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- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare - CoNISMa, Roma, Italy
| | - Shkelqim Daja
- Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranes - Fakulteti i Gjeologjise dhe Minierave, Tiranë, Albania
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- Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranes - Fakulteti i Gjeologjise dhe Minierave, Tiranë, Albania
| | - Eralba Cela
- National Coastline Agency of Albania, Tirana, Albania
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- National Coastline Agency of Albania, Tirana, Albania
| | | | - Elena Beli
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare - CoNISMa, Roma, Italy
| | - Gianmarco Ingrosso
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare - CoNISMa, Roma, Italy
| | - Francesco De Leo
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare - CoNISMa, Roma, Italy
| | - Branka Pestorić
- University of Montenegro, Institute of Marine Biology, Kotor, Montenegro
| | - Arjol Lule
- Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranes - Fakulteti i Gjeologjise dhe Minierave, Tiranë, Albania
| | - Flavio Vata
- National Coastline Agency of Albania, Tirana, Albania
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- Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranes - Fakulteti i Gjeologjise dhe Minierave, Tiranë, Albania
| | - Shaqir Nazaj
- Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranes - Fakulteti i Gjeologjise dhe Minierave, Tiranë, Albania
| | - Monika Hoxhaj
- Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranes - Fakulteti i Gjeologjise dhe Minierave, Tiranë, Albania
| | - Cercis Durmishi
- Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranes - Fakulteti i Gjeologjise dhe Minierave, Tiranë, Albania
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- University of Montenegro, Institute of Marine Biology, Kotor, Montenegro
| | - Milena Raičević
- Public Enterprise for Coastal Zone Management of Montenegro, Montenegro
| | - Silvia Fraissinet
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare - CoNISMa, Roma, Italy
| | - Ferdinando Boero
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare - CoNISMa, Roma, Italy; Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare - CoNISMa, Roma, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy.
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