title: Plastic litter in sediments from the Croatian marine protected area of the natural park of Telaščica bay (Adriatic Sea).
abstract: This paper reports baseline levels of litter (macro, meso and microplastics) in sediments collected from different areas of the Croatian MPA of the Natural Park of Telaščica bay (Adriatic Sea, GSA n. 17). The distribution of total abundance according to size, for all analysed locations evidences that microplastics are the dominant fraction concerning item's numbers. In all analysed samples no macroplastics were found, while microplastics are 88.71% and mesoplastics are 11.29% of the total.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Rooseveltovtrg 6, 10000, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Marine Explorers Society - 20000 leagues, Put Bokanjca 26A, 23000 Zadar, Croatia.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blašković
authors.affiliation: Bioscience Research Center, Via Aurelia Vecchia 32, 58015 Orbetello, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fastelli
authors.affiliation: Marine Explorers Society - 20000 leagues, Put Bokanjca 26A, 23000 Zadar, Croatia.
authors.forename: Hrvoje
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Čižmek
authors.affiliation: Bioscience Research Center, Via Aurelia Vecchia 32, 58015 Orbetello, Italy. Electronic address: cristiana.guerranti@bsrc.it.
authors.forename: Cristiana
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guerranti
authors.affiliation: Bioscience Research Center, Via Aurelia Vecchia 32, 58015 Orbetello, Italy.
authors.forename: Monia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Renzi
mesh_terms: D061006:Bays / Q000737:chemistry*; D017523:Croatia; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D000068316:Parks, Recreational; D010969:Plastics / Q000032:analysis*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
keywords: Macroplastics; Marine Protected Area; Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Marine litter; Mesoplastics; Microplastics