Browsing CAPARDUS Practices by Subject "Anthropogenic contamination"

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    • AMAP Litter and Microplastics Monitoring Guidelines. Version 1.0. 

      Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) (Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, Tromsø, Norway, 2021)
      Purpose of the guidelines The purpose of the guidelines is to review existing knowledge and provide guidance for designing an Arctic monitoring program that will track litter and MP. The topics of litter, plastic pollution, ...

    • Community-based monitoring of Alaska’s coastal and ocean environment : best practices for linking Alaska citizens with science. 

      Sigman, Marilyn (Alaska Sea Grant College Program, Fairbanks, AK, 2015)
      A Community-Based Monitoring (CBM) workshop was convened in Anchorage, Alaska, on April 1-2, 2014. The purpose was to bring together scientists, practitioners, community members, and funders involved in CBM to identify ...

    • Future monitoring of litter and microplastics in the Arctic--challenges, opportunities, and strategies. 

      Provencher, Jennifer F.; Aliani, Stefano; Bergmann, Melanie; Bourdages, Madelaine; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Galgani, Francois; Gomiero, Alessio; Granberg, Maria; Grosvik, Bjorn Einar; Hamilton, Bonnie M.; Koegel, Tanja; Larsen, Jan Rene; Lusher, Amy L.; Mallory, Mark L.; Murphy, Peter; Peeken, Ilka; Primpke, Sebastian; Strand, Jakob; Vorkamp, Katrin (2022)
      The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme has published a plan and guidelines for the monitoring of litter and microplastics (MP) in the Arctic. Here, we look beyond suggestions for immediate monitoring and discuss ...

    • Guidelines for monitoring of radioactive substances. 

      HELCOM (HELCOM, Helsinki, Finland, 2020)
      Routine station network for regular monitoring programme is recommended as indicated in the following list and maps. Sampling frequency is once a year. Additional stations and samples are recommended, and reporting of the ...

    • HELCOM Guidelines for monitoring beach litter. 

      HELCOM (HELCOM, Helsinki, Finland, 2021)
      Litter on the coastline is one of the most obvious signs of marine litter. Surveys of litter on the beach allow for a detailed evaluation of litter in terms of amounts and composition. Its strength lies in the provision ...

    • The power of multi-matrix monitoring in the Pan-Arctic region: plastics in water and sediment. 

      Martin, Jake; Granberg, Maria; Provencher, Jennifer F.; Liborion, Max; Pijogge, Liz; Magnusson, Kerstin; Hallanger, Ingeborg G.; Bergmann, Melanie; Aliani, Stefano; Gomiero, Alessio; Grosvik, Bjorn Einar; Vermaire, Jesse; Primpke, Sebastian; Lusher, Amy L. (2023)
      Litter and microplastic assessments are being carried out worldwide. Arctic ecosystems are no exception and plastic pollution is high on the Arctic Council's agenda. Water and sediment have been identified as two of the ...

    • Recommended best practices for plastic and litter ingestion studies in marine birds: Collection, processing, and reporting. 

      Provencher, Jennifer F.; Borrelle, Stephanie B.; Bond, Alexander L.; Lavers, Jennifer L.; van Franeker, Jan A.; Kühn, Susanne; Hammer, Sjúrður; Avery-Gomm, Stephanie; Mallory, Mark L. (2019)
      Marine plastic pollution is an environmental contaminant of significant concern. There is a lack of consistency in sample collection and processing that continues to impede meta-analyses and largescale comparisons across ...

    • What does the Polar Code mean for ship safety? 

      International Maritime Organization (International Maritime Organization, London, UK, 2017)
      The aim is to provide for safe ship operation and the protection of the Polar environment by addressing risks present in Polar waters and not adequately mitigated by other instruments