Marine debris review for Latin America and the wider Caribbean region: from the 1970s until now, and where do we go from here? - PubMed (original) (raw)
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Marine debris review for Latin America and the wider Caribbean region: from the 1970s until now, and where do we go from here?
Juliana A Ivar do Sul et al. Mar Pollut Bull. 2007 Aug.
Abstract
The available literature on marine debris from Latin America and the Wider Caribbean Region was collected and linked, reviewing their methodologies and principal results (quantities, composition and spatial-temporal patterns). The study region comprises 52 coastal countries of which only 14 had registers of works on marine debris. A total of 70 works were available and 69 had their full contents accessed. Brazil dominated the available literature with 70% of the documents. Beaches were the most studied environment, and plastics the prevalent form of contamination in the whole region. The exposure of marine biota (species, type of contact, consequences) was highlighted. The studied region, although still little exploited by this sort of research, shows the same contamination patterns observed world-wide. We also contacted 40 researchers in the area, collecting scientific contributions, opinions and suggestions for improvement of this research field. Further advances and new (urgently needed) lines of research are also discussed.
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