TY - JOUR
T1 - Out of sight, but not out of mind
T2 - Key issues regarding seafloor macrolitter monitoring: Issued by the expert community “International Seafloor Macrolitter Imaging and Quantification”
AU - Hanke, Georg
AU - Canals, Miquel
AU - Nakajima, Ryota
AU - Bergmann, Melanie
AU - Galgani, Francois
AU - Li, Daoji
AU - Papatheodorou, George
AU - Pham, Christopher Kim
AU - Amon, Diva J.
AU - Angiolillo, Michela
AU - Buhl-Mortensen, Lene
AU - Cau, Alessandro
AU - Consoli, Pierpaolo
AU - Davies, Jaime Selina
AU - Dominguez-Carrió, Carlos
AU - Duarte, Carlos M.
AU - Giorgetti, Alessandra
AU - Grøsvik, Bjørn Einar
AU - Gutow, Lars
AU - Huvenne, Veerle A.I.
AU - Ioakeimidis, Christos
AU - Komorin, Viktor
AU - Liu, Guangpeng
AU - Lundsten, Lonny
AU - Makarenko, Iryna
AU - Martynova, Anastasiia
AU - Jack, Maria Eugenia Molina
AU - Nattkemper, Tim W.
AU - Palacz, Artur P.
AU - Palma, Marco
AU - Pierdomenico, Martina
AU - Pogojeva, Maria
AU - Ruiz, Marta
AU - Ruiz-Orejón, Luis F.
AU - Russell, Josie
AU - Shan, Xiujuan
AU - Valdenegro-Toro, Matias
AU - Vinci, Matteo
AU - Wei, Nian
AU - Woodall, Lucy C.
AU - Zhang, Shoufeng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025
PY - 2025/12
Y1 - 2025/12
N2 - Following a number of meetings devoted to knowledge sharing, identification of key issues, and discussing the best ways to move forward, a wide international expert community is now able to provide recommendations regarding the monitoring of seafloor macrolitter through observation and imaging. As the seafloor constitutes a major sink for marine litter including plastics, it is important to acquire robust and extensive data on litter distribution, abundance, types and size ranges across marine habitats. This should be done through widely agreed, harmonised, and non-destructive methods encompassing advanced technologies. Training and capacity building are essential elements in this endeavour. Both new and legacy imagery are needed to establish baseline assessments and trends. Informing policy-making is indispensable for effective action through upstream and targeted measures, with seafloor macrolitter (and megalitter) being a vital part of the evidence base for global mitigation measures.
AB - Following a number of meetings devoted to knowledge sharing, identification of key issues, and discussing the best ways to move forward, a wide international expert community is now able to provide recommendations regarding the monitoring of seafloor macrolitter through observation and imaging. As the seafloor constitutes a major sink for marine litter including plastics, it is important to acquire robust and extensive data on litter distribution, abundance, types and size ranges across marine habitats. This should be done through widely agreed, harmonised, and non-destructive methods encompassing advanced technologies. Training and capacity building are essential elements in this endeavour. Both new and legacy imagery are needed to establish baseline assessments and trends. Informing policy-making is indispensable for effective action through upstream and targeted measures, with seafloor macrolitter (and megalitter) being a vital part of the evidence base for global mitigation measures.
KW - Imagery
KW - Marine debris
KW - Marine litter
KW - Marine plastic pollution
KW - Ocean monitoring
KW - Seafloor macrolitter
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105012585569
U2 - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118500
DO - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118500
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:105012585569
SN - 0025-326X
VL - 221
JO - Marine Pollution Bulletin
JF - Marine Pollution Bulletin
M1 - 118500
ER -
