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

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Portz, Luana, Manzolli, Rogerio Portantiolo, Villate-Daza, Diego Andres, Fontán-Bouzas, Ángela
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Coastal system; Mangrove; Beach; Coral reefs; Marine debris; Plastics; Catalina; Providencia; The Beaches; Arctic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11323/9079; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151878; https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/

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...