Concept
Litter
| URI | http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/M14/current/O1/1/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Within Vocab | OSPAR list of defined pressures on the marine environment | ||
| Alternative Labels | |||
| Definition | Marine litter is any manufactured or processed solid material from anthropogenic activities discarded, disposed or abandoned (excluding legitimate disposal) once it enters the marine and coastal environment including: plastics, metals, timber, rope, fishing gear etc and their degraded components, e.g. microplastic particles. Ecological effects can be physical (smothering), biological (ingestion, including uptake of microplastics; entangling; physical damage; accumulation of chemicals) and/or chemical (leaching, contamination). | ||
| Date | 2015-09-11T13:08:17 | ||
| Identifier | SDN:M14::O1 | ||
| Note | accepted | ||
| Is Version Of | O1 | ||
| version | 1 | ||
| Broader | M15:O |
Other physical pressures | |
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