Marine debris on two Arctic beaches in the Russian Far East
In August 2005, marine debris was counted on two Arctic beaches in the Russian Far East. On the north coast of the Chukchi Peninsula east of Kolyuchin Bay, a beach stretch of ca. 2.4 km held a total of 736 items, 0.024 items m‑2, while no more than 0.0011 items m‑2, 12 items in total, were found on...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/3381 2023-05-15T14:57:55+02:00 Marine debris on two Arctic beaches in the Russian Far East Kylin, Henrik 2020-06-11 text/html application/pdf application/epub+zip text/xml https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3381 https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v39.3381 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3381/11042 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3381/11040 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3381/11043 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3381/11044 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3381/10393 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3381 doi:10.33265/polar.v39.3381 Polar Research; Vol 39 (2020) 1751-8369 Plastic debris Chukchi Sea Chukchi Peninsula Kolyuchin Bay Wrangel Island pollution info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v39.3381 2021-11-11T19:14:21Z In August 2005, marine debris was counted on two Arctic beaches in the Russian Far East. On the north coast of the Chukchi Peninsula east of Kolyuchin Bay, a beach stretch of ca. 2.4 km held a total of 736 items, 0.024 items m‑2, while no more than 0.0011 items m‑2, 12 items in total, were found on a beach stretch of ca. 1.2 km on southern Wrangel Island. The likely explanation for this difference is that the area around the mainland beach is ice-free for a longer period each year, but a contributing factor may be that late spring ice movement removed plastic from the beach on Wrangel Island. The language on the few items with identifiable labels was for the most part Russian or English, making the Chukchi Sea a possible source region. Beaches at the same latitude in the Atlantic may hold more debris on account of the higher human population density, more shipping and transport of floating debris unhindered by a narrow strait that is ice-covered much of the year. Fishing gear blown across the tundra is suggested as a potential threat to reindeer and other terrestrial wildlife. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Chukchi Chukchi Peninsula Chukchi Sea Kolyuchin Bay Polar Research Tundra Wrangel Island Polar Research (E-Journal) Arctic Chukchi Sea Wrangel Island ENVELOPE(-179.385,-179.385,71.244,71.244) Polar Research 39 0 |
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In August 2005, marine debris was counted on two Arctic beaches in the Russian Far East. On the north coast of the Chukchi Peninsula east of Kolyuchin Bay, a beach stretch of ca. 2.4 km held a total of 736 items, 0.024 items m‑2, while no more than 0.0011 items m‑2, 12 items in total, were found on a beach stretch of ca. 1.2 km on southern Wrangel Island. The likely explanation for this difference is that the area around the mainland beach is ice-free for a longer period each year, but a contributing factor may be that late spring ice movement removed plastic from the beach on Wrangel Island. The language on the few items with identifiable labels was for the most part Russian or English, making the Chukchi Sea a possible source region. Beaches at the same latitude in the Atlantic may hold more debris on account of the higher human population density, more shipping and transport of floating debris unhindered by a narrow strait that is ice-covered much of the year. Fishing gear blown across the tundra is suggested as a potential threat to reindeer and other terrestrial wildlife. |
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