Where does marine litter hide? The Providencia and Santa Catalina island problem, seaflower reserve (Colombia)

The SEAFLOWER Biosphere Reserve (SBR) is the largest Marine Protected Area in the Caribbean Sea and the second largest in Latin America. Marine protected areas are under pressure from various stressors, one of the most important issues being pollution by marine litter, especially plastic. In this st...

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Main Authors: Portz, Luana, Manzolli, Rogerio Portantiolo, Villate-Daza, Diego Andres, Fontán-Bouzas, Ángela
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11323/9079
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151878
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topic Coastal system
Mangrove
Beach
Coral reefs
Marine debris
Plastics
spellingShingle Coastal system
Mangrove
Beach
Coral reefs
Marine debris
Plastics
Portz, Luana
Manzolli, Rogerio Portantiolo
Villate-Daza, Diego Andres
Fontán-Bouzas, Ángela
Where does marine litter hide? The Providencia and Santa Catalina island problem, seaflower reserve (Colombia)
topic_facet Coastal system
Mangrove
Beach
Coral reefs
Marine debris
Plastics
description The SEAFLOWER Biosphere Reserve (SBR) is the largest Marine Protected Area in the Caribbean Sea and the second largest in Latin America. Marine protected areas are under pressure from various stressors, one of the most important issues being pollution by marine litter, especially plastic. In this study our aim is to establish the distribution pattern and potential sources of solid waste in the different marine/coastal ecosystems of the islands of Providencia and Santa Catalina (SBR), as well as assess any interconnections between these ecosystems. At the same time, the distribution characteristics of marine litter in the different compartments facilitated a more dynamic understanding of the load of marine litter supplied by the islands, both locally and externally. We observed that certain ecosystems, principally back-beach vegetation and mangroves, act as crucial marine litter accumulation zones. Mangroves are important hotspots for plastic accumulation, with densities above eight items/m2 (minimum 8.38 and maximum 10.38 items/m2), while back-beach vegetation (minimum 1.43 and maximum 7.03 items/m2) also removes and stores a portion of the marine litter that arrives on the beaches. Tourist beaches for recreational activities have a low density of marine litter (minimum 0.01 and maximum 0.72 items/m2) due to regular clean-ups, whereas around non-tourist beaches, there is a greater variety of sources and accumulation (minimum 0.31 and maximum 5.41 items/m2). The low density of marine litter found on corals around the island (0–0.02 items/m2) indicates that there is still no significant marine litter stream to the coral reefs. Identifying contamination levels in terms of marine litter and possible flows between ecosystems is critical for adopting management and reduction strategies for such residues.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Portz, Luana
Manzolli, Rogerio Portantiolo
Villate-Daza, Diego Andres
Fontán-Bouzas, Ángela
author_facet Portz, Luana
Manzolli, Rogerio Portantiolo
Villate-Daza, Diego Andres
Fontán-Bouzas, Ángela
author_sort Portz, Luana
title Where does marine litter hide? The Providencia and Santa Catalina island problem, seaflower reserve (Colombia)
title_short Where does marine litter hide? The Providencia and Santa Catalina island problem, seaflower reserve (Colombia)
title_full Where does marine litter hide? The Providencia and Santa Catalina island problem, seaflower reserve (Colombia)
title_fullStr Where does marine litter hide? The Providencia and Santa Catalina island problem, seaflower reserve (Colombia)
title_full_unstemmed Where does marine litter hide? The Providencia and Santa Catalina island problem, seaflower reserve (Colombia)
title_sort where does marine litter hide? the providencia and santa catalina island problem, seaflower reserve (colombia)
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2022
url https://hdl.handle.net/11323/9079
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151878
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Providencia
Santa Catalina
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geographic Catalina
Providencia
The Beaches
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Providencia
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spelling ftunivcosta:oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/9079 2024-01-14T10:03:20+01:00 Where does marine litter hide? The Providencia and Santa Catalina island problem, seaflower reserve (Colombia) Portz, Luana Manzolli, Rogerio Portantiolo Villate-Daza, Diego Andres Fontán-Bouzas, Ángela Colombia Providencia Santa Catalina 2022-03-16T20:59:55Z 12 páginas application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11323/9079 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151878 https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/ eng eng Elsevier Netherlands Science of the Total Environment Abu-hilal and Al-Najjar, 2009 A. Abu-hilal, T. Al-Najjar Marine litter in coral reef areas along the Jordan Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea J. Environ. Manag., 90 (2009), pp. 1043-1049, 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.03.014 Acero et al., 2019 P.A. Acero, J.J. Tavera, F.A. Polanco, N. Bolaños-Cubillos Fish biodiversity in three northern islands of the seaflower biosphere reserve (Colombian Caribbean) Front. Mar. 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Bull., 130 (2018), pp. 140-152, 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.02.042 Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_f1cf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721069540 Coastal system Mangrove Beach Coral reefs Marine debris Plastics Artículo de revista http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 Text info:eu-repo/semantics/article http://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ART info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion http://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aa 2022 ftunivcosta https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.15187810.1038/361023a0 2023-12-17T19:23:58Z The SEAFLOWER Biosphere Reserve (SBR) is the largest Marine Protected Area in the Caribbean Sea and the second largest in Latin America. Marine protected areas are under pressure from various stressors, one of the most important issues being pollution by marine litter, especially plastic. In this study our aim is to establish the distribution pattern and potential sources of solid waste in the different marine/coastal ecosystems of the islands of Providencia and Santa Catalina (SBR), as well as assess any interconnections between these ecosystems. At the same time, the distribution characteristics of marine litter in the different compartments facilitated a more dynamic understanding of the load of marine litter supplied by the islands, both locally and externally. We observed that certain ecosystems, principally back-beach vegetation and mangroves, act as crucial marine litter accumulation zones. Mangroves are important hotspots for plastic accumulation, with densities above eight items/m2 (minimum 8.38 and maximum 10.38 items/m2), while back-beach vegetation (minimum 1.43 and maximum 7.03 items/m2) also removes and stores a portion of the marine litter that arrives on the beaches. Tourist beaches for recreational activities have a low density of marine litter (minimum 0.01 and maximum 0.72 items/m2) due to regular clean-ups, whereas around non-tourist beaches, there is a greater variety of sources and accumulation (minimum 0.31 and maximum 5.41 items/m2). The low density of marine litter found on corals around the island (0–0.02 items/m2) indicates that there is still no significant marine litter stream to the coral reefs. Identifying contamination levels in terms of marine litter and possible flows between ecosystems is critical for adopting management and reduction strategies for such residues. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic REDICUC - Repositorio Universidad de La Costa Catalina ENVELOPE(-59.633,-59.633,-62.333,-62.333) Providencia ENVELOPE(-66.779,-66.779,-68.305,-68.305) The Beaches ENVELOPE(-56.832,-56.832,49.583,49.583) Science of The Total Environment 813 151878