La distribución espacial de la macro-basura marina en el fondo del Mediterráneo norte: los resultados de las campañas MEDITS
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https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04987.14APalabras clave:
macro-basura marina, plástico, mar Mediterráneo, Modelos Aditivos Generalizados (GAM), áreas de acumulación, MEDITSResumen
La basura marina es una de las principales fuentes de contaminación antropogénica en el ecosistema marino representando el plástico una amenaza global. El objetivo de este trabajo es evaluar la distribución espacial de las macro-basuras plásticas en el fondo marino, identificando los hotspots de acumulación en el Mediterráneo norte. Los índices de densidad (ítems km–2), procedentes de las campañas de arrastre MEDITS (años: 2013-2015), fueron modelados mediante Modelos Aditivos Generalizados, utilizando un enfoque de tipo delta y varias covariables: latitud, longitud, profundidad, pendiente del fondo marino, corrientes marinas y distancias desde los principales puertos. Para establecer los umbrales para la identificación de áreas de acumulación, se calcularon los percentiles (85-90-95) de la distribución espacial de densidad de plásticos en los datos ráster. En el Mediterráneo norte, la macro-basura marina estaba muy extendida (90.13% de las 1279 estaciones muestreadas), siendo el plástico, con diferencia, la categoría más recurrente. El mapa de predicción de la densidad de plásticos resaltó las áreas de acumulación (percentiles 85, 90 y 95 de la distribución, respectivamente, correspondientes a: 147, 196 y 316 ítems km–2), localizadas en el Golfo de León, Córcega oriental, Mar Adriático oriental, región Argo-Saronic y aguas que rodean el sur de Chipre. Se predijeron las densidades máximas a menor profundidad y cercanas a zonas pobladas (distancia desde los puertos). Las corrientes superficiales y la circulación local del agua, con giros ciclónicos y anticiclónicos, se identificaron como factores que favorecen el hundimiento de las basuras flotantes.
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