期刊名称：International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics
电子版ISSN：2148-9173
出版年度：2017
卷号：4
期号：3
页码：173-181
DOI：10.30897/ijegeo.348763
语种：English
出版社：IJEGEO
摘要：15.00 Normal 0 21 false false false TR X-NONE X-NONE In this study,abundance, distribution and type of seafloor litter were determined in theSinop Inceburun coast which is the northeast point of Turkey. Study was carriedout in October 2014 and proposed methods by Guidance on Monitoring of MarineLitter in European Seas’ published by European Marine Strategy FrameworkDirective Technical Subgroup on Marine Litter section of seafloor litteradopted the region. Seafloor litter density was found mean 808.74±215.02 piecesper km-2. The amount of litter was found maximum in 34 m depth. Whenresults were evaluated in terms of the type of material plastic was found95.35% and encountered litter items were mainly composed of plastic bags. Thesize groups were found generally small than 50 cm x 50 cm in the classificationaccording to the size groups. The data obtained from the study demonstrate thatthe seafloor in the region have highly littered compared to the other studiesin the Black Sea. Marine litter pollution is a growing problem in the world allof the world’s oceans and also the Black Sea. Necessary measurements must betaken to solve this problem.
