Floating debris in the Portuguese continental offshore waters

Floating marine debris are present throughout the oceans and may have negative impacts on marine fauna, such as entanglement, ingestion and transport of exotic species. The present work aims at obtaining estimates of abundance and density of floating marine debris and vessels, as well as their spati...

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Main Author: Sá, Sara Maria Fardilha Alves de (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/12737
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/12737