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A General Methodology for Beached Oil Spill Hazard Mapping.
(2020)
The current lack of a standardized approach to compute the coastal oil spill hazard
due to maritime traffic accidental releases has hindered an accurate estimate of its
global impact, which is paramount to manage and ...
Patterns of suspended and salp-ingested microplastic debris in the North Pacific investigated with epifluorescence microscopy.
(2020)
Microplastics (< 5 mm) have long been a concern in marine debris research, but quantifying the smallest microplastics
(< 333 μm) has been hampered by appropriate collection methods, like net tows. We modified standard
...
African Marine Litter Monitoring Manual.
(African Marine Waste Network, Sustainable Seas Trust, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 2020)
Universally, concerns are mounting over the ubiquitous increase in plastic in waterways and oceans
of the world. It is commonly stated that about 80% of plastic waste enters the seas from land-based
sources, of which ...
Methodology, Processing, and Application Development in Support of Sustainable Development Goal 14.1: Chlorophyll Global Analysis and Metrices
(2020)
Addressing the global nature of marine pollution needs tools to monitor and measure its extent in the ocean. With Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 target 14.1, the United Nations established a charge for countries to ...
Driven by Drones: Improving Mangrove Extent Maps Using High-Resolution Remote Sensing.
(2020)
This study investigated how different remote sensing techniques can be combined to accurately monitor mangroves. In this paper, we present a framework to use drone imagery to calculate correction factors which can improve ...
Using the Red Band Difference Algorithm to Detect and Monitor a Karenia spp. Bloom off the South Coast of Ireland, June 2019.
(2021)
During the months of May, June, July and August 2019 the Red Band Difference algorithm was tested over Irish waters to assess its suitability for the Irish harmful algal bloom alert system. Over the 4 weeks of June an ...
Video demonstrating how to set-up, deploy and operate a shallow-water drop camera system. [Training video]
(Octopi Africa (Pty) Ltd and Array Media (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town, South Africa, 2021)
Drop cameras are simple frame-deployed systems of various configurations that are designed to take photographic still images or videos of the seafloor. These tools are non-destructive and can go to beyond SCUBA depths, ...
Video demonstrating how to set-up, deploy and operate a Ski-Monkey III towed benthic camera system. [Training Video]
(Octopi Africa (Pty) Ltd and Array Media (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town, South Africa, 2021)
The Ski-Monkey III benthic camera system is a passive, towed camera mounted on a squat, stainless steel frame, resting on two 10 cm wide skis. It consists of an underwater module, containing pressure housings that are ...
NOAA and BOEM Minimum Recommendations for Use of Passive Acoustic Listening Systems in Offshore Wind Energy Development Monitoring and Mitigation Programs.
(2021)
Offshore wind energy development is rapidly ramping up in United States (U.S.) waters in order to meet renewable energy goals. With a diverse suite of endangered large whale species and a multitude of other protected marine ...
Joint Cetacean Data Programme (JDCP), Data Standard: Core Data Fields and Vocabulary Guidance, Version 1.2.
(Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Peterborough, UK, 2022)
One of the key objectives of the JCDP is to work with data providers to synthesise the way in which data are collected and stored, to support collation of data into a central JCDP database. The JCDP Steering Group have ...