Community-based tarball monitoring in the Maldives


Autoria(s): Long, Brian G.
Data(s)

2011

Resumo

Monitoring oil pollution by using students to count tarballs on beaches. Samples were taken between 2006 and 2010; a significant relationship was demonstrated between the abundance of tarballs and exposure to shipping lanes. The contribution of local communities to monitoring marine pollution was also demonstrated.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://aquaticcommons.org/18941/1/BOBLME-2011-Ecology-04.pdf

Long, Brian G. (2011) Community-based tarball monitoring in the Maldives. Phuket, Thailand, Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project (BOBLME), 118pp. (BOBLME-2011-Ecology-04).

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project (BOBLME)

Relação

http://aquaticcommons.org/18941/

BOBLME-2011-Ecology-04

Palavras-Chave #Environment #Pollution
Tipo

Monograph or Serial Issue

NonPeerReviewed