Marine litter on the seafloor of the southern Baltic
2018
Urban-Malinga, Barbara | Wodzinowski, Tycjan | Witalis, Bartosz | Zalewski, Mariusz | Radtke, Krzysztof | Grygiel, Włodzimierz
Marine litter occurrence and composition were investigated during routine bottom trawl fish surveys type BITS performed in the Polish Maritime Areas (the southern Baltic Sea). Sampling covered a distance of 325km and an area of 16km² at a depth range of 19–110m. Litter densities varying between 0 items/ha (34% of tows) and 2.23items/ha with a mean of 0.20items/ha (SD=0.30) are at the bottom range of densities reported from other shelf habitats worldwide at similar water depths. The majority of the items (40%) were found at a depth range of 51–60m. Overall, plastic was the most common litter type (67% of all items) found in all tows with litter. The results of this study indicate that despite the Baltic being a semi-enclosed basin, with a densely populated coastline and extensive shipping, marine litter pollution of the southern Baltic seafloor is low compared to other coastal areas.
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