Monitoring litter on Arctic and subarctic shorelines: current status and next steps for monitoring programs
Plastic pollution is ubiquitous, and the Arctic is no exception. One important step to understand the extent of the problem, and to monitor its impact is to have repeatable, comparable, and relevant measures across time and space that allow for the detection of marine litter trends. Arctic shoreline...
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ftimr:oai:imr.brage.unit.no:11250/3124902 2024-04-28T08:03:47+00:00 Monitoring litter on Arctic and subarctic shorelines: current status and next steps for monitoring programs Pollet, Ingrid L. Baak, Julia E. Feld, Louise Grøsvik, Bjørn Einar Liboiron, Max Mallory, Mark L. Provencher, Jennifer F. Strand, Jakob 2023 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3124902 https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0047 eng eng Arctic Science. 2023, 9 (4), 807-824. urn:issn:2368-7460 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3124902 https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0047 cristin:2254594 807-824 9 Arctic Science 4 Peer reviewed Journal article 2023 ftimr https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0047 2024-04-10T00:05:22Z Plastic pollution is ubiquitous, and the Arctic is no exception. One important step to understand the extent of the problem, and to monitor its impact is to have repeatable, comparable, and relevant measures across time and space that allow for the detection of marine litter trends. Arctic shorelines are a critical part of monitoring efforts. Pan-Arctic monitoring of litter on shorelines is also an essential component to examine global trends. Based on previous work examining litter in some regions of the Arctic, we suggest steps towards more harmonized protocols that include community-based monitoring, crowdsourced science programs, and science team-based surveys that are specific for the Arctic. Specifically, we recommend that shoreline survey sites for long-term monitoring be established where possible and be at least 50 m and surveys carried out at regular intervals of at least twice a year by any type of research team. Criteria for the selection of sites should be grounded in Indigenous and other local community and regional priorities, and should result in representation of both remote shorelines impacted by distant-source marine litter and shorelines impacted by more local sources. Results of any Arctic shoreline litter surveys should be made regularly available either through publications which include data sets, and/or accessible databases to promote regional comparisons and trend analysis across the pan-Arctic. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Subarctic Institute for Marine Research: Brage IMR Arctic Science |
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Plastic pollution is ubiquitous, and the Arctic is no exception. One important step to understand the extent of the problem, and to monitor its impact is to have repeatable, comparable, and relevant measures across time and space that allow for the detection of marine litter trends. Arctic shorelines are a critical part of monitoring efforts. Pan-Arctic monitoring of litter on shorelines is also an essential component to examine global trends. Based on previous work examining litter in some regions of the Arctic, we suggest steps towards more harmonized protocols that include community-based monitoring, crowdsourced science programs, and science team-based surveys that are specific for the Arctic. Specifically, we recommend that shoreline survey sites for long-term monitoring be established where possible and be at least 50 m and surveys carried out at regular intervals of at least twice a year by any type of research team. Criteria for the selection of sites should be grounded in Indigenous and other local community and regional priorities, and should result in representation of both remote shorelines impacted by distant-source marine litter and shorelines impacted by more local sources. Results of any Arctic shoreline litter surveys should be made regularly available either through publications which include data sets, and/or accessible databases to promote regional comparisons and trend analysis across the pan-Arctic. publishedVersion |
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Pollet, Ingrid L. Baak, Julia E. Feld, Louise Grøsvik, Bjørn Einar Liboiron, Max Mallory, Mark L. Provencher, Jennifer F. Strand, Jakob Monitoring litter on Arctic and subarctic shorelines: current status and next steps for monitoring programs |
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Pollet, Ingrid L. Baak, Julia E. Feld, Louise Grøsvik, Bjørn Einar Liboiron, Max Mallory, Mark L. Provencher, Jennifer F. Strand, Jakob |
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Monitoring litter on Arctic and subarctic shorelines: current status and next steps for monitoring programs |
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Monitoring litter on Arctic and subarctic shorelines: current status and next steps for monitoring programs |
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