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The macrolitter monitoring was investigated on 3 beaches on Monastir coastal (Palmier, Marina, Karaia) and on Kuriat Island during 4 seasons. The highest abundance and density of macrolitter were recorded on the beaches of Marina (13540 items/100m; 8.49 items m-2) and Karaia (6842 items/100m; 6.11 i...
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oapen-20.500.12657-627732024-03-28T08:18:46Z Chapter Beach macro-litter monitoring on Monastir coastal sea (Tunisia): First Findings Derouiche, Emna Ben Boubaker, Hamdi Kouched, Wael Jaziri, Hela BEN DHIAB, Rym challouf, rafika Attouchi, Mourad Ben Ismail, Sana Marine Litter Beach monitoring Monastir Coast Kuriat Island Mediterranean Sea thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment The macrolitter monitoring was investigated on 3 beaches on Monastir coastal (Palmier, Marina, Karaia) and on Kuriat Island during 4 seasons. The highest abundance and density of macrolitter were recorded on the beaches of Marina (13540 items/100m; 8.49 items m-2) and Karaia (6842 items/100m; 6.11 items m-2) during spring. According to Clean Coast Index, these 2 beaches were classified as extremely dirty whereas Kuriat Island was considered as very clean. Plastic items corresponded to the highest concentration of litter in studied sites and varying between 69% and 89% of total items. Cigarette butts are the most frequent type of debris 2023-05-01T13:43:28Z 2023-05-01T13:43:28Z 2022 chapter ONIX_20230501_9791221500301_189 9791221500301 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62773 eng Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International chapter-36949.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/979-12-215-0030-1_11 Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.11 10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.11 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9791221500301 1 10 Florence open access |
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The macrolitter monitoring was investigated on 3 beaches on Monastir coastal (Palmier, Marina, Karaia) and on Kuriat Island during 4 seasons. The highest abundance and density of macrolitter were recorded on the beaches of Marina (13540 items/100m; 8.49 items m-2) and Karaia (6842 items/100m; 6.11 items m-2) during spring. According to Clean Coast Index, these 2 beaches were classified as extremely dirty whereas Kuriat Island was considered as very clean. Plastic items corresponded to the highest concentration of litter in studied sites and varying between 69% and 89% of total items. Cigarette butts are the most frequent type of debris |
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