Impact of plastic litter - a quantitative and qualitative investigation in selected mangrove distributions, Kerala, India

Shylaja, G and Kripa, V and Raj, Ranith (2020) Impact of plastic litter - a quantitative and qualitative investigation in selected mangrove distributions, Kerala, India. In: Marine Ecosystem Challenges & Opportunities (MECOS 3). Convenor, MECOS3, pp. 386-387.

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Abstract

Mangrove forests possess an incredible biodiversity and the ecosystem services they provide include food, shelter and nursery to number of species. The services they contribute to human are also valuable as their capacity to protect us from natural disasters namely shore line stabilization, carbon sequestration and many more. But, today the developmental pressures caused by growing human population seriously impacts this fragile ecosystem resulting in its degeneration to a great extent. Apart from the pollution caused by thermal, agrochemical, heavy metal and oil spill, one of the burning issues which results in its imbalance today is the accumulation of nondegradable plastic litter, which gets entrapped in the root system caused due to mismanaged waste disposal. The partially emerged root system of mangroves forms an effective filter that attenuates wave energy and turbulence and may possibly trap objects transported by currents, like floating plastic objects. (Horstman et al., 2014; Norris et al., 2017). This results in preventing gas exchange and releases harmful chemicals associated with plastic materials.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	MECOS 3
Subjects:	Marine Ecosystems > Mangroves Marine Environment > Marine Pollution Marine Ecosystems
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity, Environment and Management Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity, Environment and Management Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity, Environment and Management Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity, Environment and Management Division
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	06 Oct 2023 06:35
Last Modified:	06 Oct 2023 06:35
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/17521

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