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- The study aimed to validate drone methods for monitoring floating marine macro-litter (FMML) by comparing drone surveys with visual observations from vessels.
- It found that both methods detected similar FMML densities (16 items/km for drones and 19 items/km for vessels) over 18 concurrent transects.
- Additionally, 40 more drone transects along the Catalan coast revealed FMML densities ranging from 0 to 200 items/km, supporting the effectiveness of drones for FMML monitoring in the North Western Mediterranean Sea.
Article Abstract
The aim of the present study was twofold: (i) to validate the drone methodology for floating marine macro-litter (FMML) monitoring, by comparing the results obtained through concurrent drone surveys and visual observations from vessels, and (ii) to assess FMML densities along the North Western Mediterranean Sea using the validated drone surveys. The comparison between monitoring techniques was performed based on 18 concurrent drone/vessel transects. Similar densities of FMML were detected through the two methods (16 items km from the drone method vs 19 items km from the vessel-based visual method). The assessment of FMML densities was done using 40 additional drone transects performed over the waters off the Catalan coast. The densities of FMML observed ranged 0-200 items km. These results provide a validation of the use of drones to monitor FMML and contribute to increasing the knowledge about the density of FMML in the North Western Mediterranean Sea.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111467 | DOI Listing |
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