Publications by authors named "Svitlana Liubartseva"
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- The study assessed the abundance, distribution, and composition of both floating and seabed litter in the Central Adriatic Sea, focusing on macro and micro levels.
- Floating macro litter was found at an average of 175 items/km, while floating micro litter and seabed micro litter were observed at 127,000 particles/km and 36 particles/100g dry weight, respectively, mirroring trends seen in other Mediterranean research.
- A significant correlation was noted between concentrations of floating micro and macro litter, indicating possible connections, but discrepancies between models and observations highlighted gaps in understanding sea circulation and litter sources.
We assessed amounts, composition and net accumulation rates every ~15days of beach macro litter (≥2.5cm) on 4 Mediterranean beaches, on Corfu island, N. Ionian Sea, taking into account natural and anthropogenic drivers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlastics are the most common material of marine litter and have become a global pollution concern. They are persistent in the environment where they gradually degrade into increasingly smaller particles-microplastics (MP). Our study presents results of sea-surface monitoring for MP in the Slovenian part of the Trieste Bay in the Northern Adriatic Sea.
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