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Towards a Clean, Litter-Free European Marine Environment through Scientific Evidence, Innovative Tools and Good Governance

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Result description

Ingested polystyrene microspheres were retained within the body tissues of shore crabs for up to 21 days following inspiration across the gill; identifying ventilation as a route of uptake of microplastics into a common marine nonfilter feeding species.

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* exploitable scientific result

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Abstract for International Council for the Exploration of the Sea science conference, Rekyvick, Iceland: ICES CM 2013/3064 A:02 Trophic and direct transfer of Microplastics into the common shore crab Carcinus maenas http://www.ices.dk/sites/pub/CM%20Doccuments/CM-2013/Theme%20Session%20A%20contributions/A0213.pdf http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es501090e

References

Watts, A.J.R., Lewis, C., Goodhead, R.M., Beckett, S.J., Moger, J., Tyler, C.R. and T.S. Galloway (2014) Uptake and retention of microplastics by the shore crab Carcinus maenas. Environ. Sci. Technol., 48(15), 8823-8830, doi: 10.1021/es501090e

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Magazine on project research findings quantities, fate and distributions of marine litter in the environment and biota, including eco-toxicological impacts, socioeconomic costs of marine litter, policy measures.

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* product

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http://www.eucc.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Coastalandmarine_15_1.pdf

References

EUCC (2015) Special Issue - The CleanSea Project: An interdiscplinary study of marine litter in the EU. Coastal and Marine, 42(1).

Result description

A wide range of economic policy instruments is available to prevent and reduce marine litter; their applicability (stand-alone or as part of a policy mix) depends on the specific conditions and circumstances.

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* Report

Link to result

www.cleansea-project.eu/drupal/sites/default/files/project%20results/CleanSea_Brochure_Final_0.pdf http://ecologic.eu/11262

References

Boteler, B., Oosterhuis, F., and E. Papyrakis (2014) Economic Instruments and marine litter control. Ocean and Coastal Management, 102(A), 47-54, doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.08.005

Result description

Economic and other instruments to reduce marine litter in the four regional seas were analysed following effectiveness multi-criteria.

Result type

* Report

Link to result

http://ecologic.eu/11263

References

Boteler, B., Oosterhuis, F., and E. Papyrakis (2014) Economic Instruments and marine litter control. Ocean and Coastal Management, 102(A), 47-54, doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.08.006

Result description

Sea turtles appear to be a useful indicator species for monitoring litter ingestion by large marine organisms.

Result type

* exploitable scientific result

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141113614000385 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141113614001081

References

Galgani, F., Claro, F., Depledge, M. and C. Fossi (2014) Monitoring the impact of litter in large vertebrates in the Mediterranean Sea within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD): contraints, specificities and recommendations. Mar. Environ. Res., 100, 3-9, doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.02.003 Fossi, C. and M. Depledge (2014) Exploring the potential of large vertebrates as early warning sentinels of threats to marine ecosystems, human health and wellbeing. Mar. Environ. Res., 100, 1-2, doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.06.001

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A chapter to summarise potential harm to human health from relating to the reported presence of microscopic plastic debris, or microplastics (debris ≤1 mm in size), in aquatic, terrestrial and marine habitats. In this article, some of the most widely encountered plastics in everyday use are identified and their potential hazards listed. Different routes of exposure to human populations, both of plastic additives, microplastics and nanoplastics from food items and from discarded debris are discussed. Risks associated with plastics and additives considered to be of most concern for human health are identified. Finally, some recent developments in delivering a new generation of safer, more sustainable polymers are considered.

Result type

* Report

Link to result

http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319165097 (pp. 343-366)

References

Galloway, T.S. (2015) Micro- and nano-plastics and human health (pp. 343-366). In: Bergmann, M., Gutow, L. and M. Klages (Eds.) Marine Anthropogenic Litter. Springer.

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Bacterial community composition on plastics in seawater varies widely and differs from those of sediment and seawater, indicating that plastics represent a distinct environmental niche and shedding light on the possible role of plastic as transport vehicle for bacteria through the aquatic environment.

Result type

* exploitable scientific result

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http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.5b01093

References

De Tender, C.A., Devrieses, L.I., Haegeman, A., Maes, S., Ruttink, T. and P. Dawyndt (2015) Bacterial Community Profiling of Plastic Litter in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. Environ. Sci. Technol., 49(16), 9629-9638, doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01093

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Black Sea seabed monitoring shows ports, river input fisheries and shipping contribute to marine litter on the Romanian coast.

Result type

* Report

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Presented at "Integrated Marine Research in the Mediterraneanand the Black Sea" - Tiganov, G., Galaţchi, M., Anton, E., Oros, A., Oprea, L. & Coprean, D. - http://www.perseus-net.

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Awaiting publication

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Composition and sources of floating debris in the port of Barcelona: A comparison of methods and time series analysis

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* Scientific Publication

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Under review for publication (Marine Pollution Bulletin)

Result description

CleanSea documentary film (20 min) explores some of the impacts of marine litter - including even the microsized bits of plastic. We see how an interdisciplinary team thinks about the issue in ways that haven’t been thought about before, and conclude that a combination of individual actions, technologies, voluntary measures by the private sector and government policies such as those promoting a circular economy are going to come in handy, but these activities are going have difficulty to take root unless some more transformative changes take place in our social, political and financial systems.

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* multimedia

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http://www.cleansea-project.eu/drupal/?q=en/film

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