An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
Lack of knowledge on levels and trends of litter and microplastics in the Arctic, is limiting our understanding of the sources, transport, fate, and effects is hampering global activities aimed at reducing litter and microplastics in the environment. To obtain a holistic view to managing litter and...
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ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:11250/3025138 2023-05-15T13:21:33+02:00 An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Provencher, Jennifer Kögel, Tanja Lusher, Amy Vorkamp, Katrin Gomiero, Alessio Peeken, Ilka Granberg, Maria Hammer, Sjúrður Baak, Julia Larsen, Jan Rene Farmen, Eivind 2022 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3025138 https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2021-0059 eng eng Canadian Science Publishing urn:issn:2368-7460 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3025138 https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2021-0059 cristin:2057759 Arctic Science. 2022. Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no Copyright 2022 The Author(s) Arctic Science Journal article Peer reviewed 2022 ftunivbergen https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2021-0059 2023-03-14T17:41:29Z Lack of knowledge on levels and trends of litter and microplastics in the Arctic, is limiting our understanding of the sources, transport, fate, and effects is hampering global activities aimed at reducing litter and microplastics in the environment. To obtain a holistic view to managing litter and microplastics in the Arctic, we considered the current state of knowledge and methods for litter and microplastics monitoring in eleven environmental compartments representing the marine, freshwater, terrestrial, and atmospheric environments. Based on available harmonized methods, and existing data in the Arctic, we recommend prioritization of implementing litter and microplastics monitoring in the Arctic in four Priority 1 compartments—water, aquatic sediments, shorelines, and seabirds. One or several of these compartments should be monitored to provide benchmark data for litter and microplastics in the Arctic and, in the future, data on spatial and temporal trends. For the other environmental compartments, methods should be refined for future sources and surveillance monitoring, as well as monitoring of effects. Implementation of the monitoring activities should include community-based local components where possible. While organized as national and regional programs, monitoring of litter and microplastics in the Arctic should be coordinated, with a view to future pan-Arctic assessments. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper AMAP Arctic Arctic University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) Arctic Arctic Science |
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Lack of knowledge on levels and trends of litter and microplastics in the Arctic, is limiting our understanding of the sources, transport, fate, and effects is hampering global activities aimed at reducing litter and microplastics in the environment. To obtain a holistic view to managing litter and microplastics in the Arctic, we considered the current state of knowledge and methods for litter and microplastics monitoring in eleven environmental compartments representing the marine, freshwater, terrestrial, and atmospheric environments. Based on available harmonized methods, and existing data in the Arctic, we recommend prioritization of implementing litter and microplastics monitoring in the Arctic in four Priority 1 compartments—water, aquatic sediments, shorelines, and seabirds. One or several of these compartments should be monitored to provide benchmark data for litter and microplastics in the Arctic and, in the future, data on spatial and temporal trends. For the other environmental compartments, methods should be refined for future sources and surveillance monitoring, as well as monitoring of effects. Implementation of the monitoring activities should include community-based local components where possible. While organized as national and regional programs, monitoring of litter and microplastics in the Arctic should be coordinated, with a view to future pan-Arctic assessments. publishedVersion |
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Provencher, Jennifer Kögel, Tanja Lusher, Amy Vorkamp, Katrin Gomiero, Alessio Peeken, Ilka Granberg, Maria Hammer, Sjúrður Baak, Julia Larsen, Jan Rene Farmen, Eivind |
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Provencher, Jennifer Kögel, Tanja Lusher, Amy Vorkamp, Katrin Gomiero, Alessio Peeken, Ilka Granberg, Maria Hammer, Sjúrður Baak, Julia Larsen, Jan Rene Farmen, Eivind An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) |
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Provencher, Jennifer Kögel, Tanja Lusher, Amy Vorkamp, Katrin Gomiero, Alessio Peeken, Ilka Granberg, Maria Hammer, Sjúrður Baak, Julia Larsen, Jan Rene Farmen, Eivind |
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An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) |
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An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) |
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An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) |
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An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) |
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An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) |
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ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the arctic monitoring and assessment programme (amap) |
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