COVID-19 Impacts on Beaches and Coastal Water Pollution at Selected Sites in Ecuador, and Management Proposals Post-pandemic

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Franklin I. Ormaza-Gonzaìlez, Divar Castro-Rodas, Peter J. Statham
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: COVID-19; confinement; beaches; pollution; noise; tourism; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Galapagos; The Beaches; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.669374; https://doaj.org/article/b177afc694954876b1382c9f7b0bae13

The COVID-19 pandemic has obliged Governments all around the world to implement confinement and social distancing measures. Leisure and business activities on beaches and in ports have restricted direct and indirect contamination from, for example, plastics, hydrocarbon spillage, microbiological loa...