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5 days ago · The Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project, or MDMAP, is NOAA’s flagship initiative to measure the amount and types of marine debris on shorelines.Using this standardized collection method, suite of helpful resources, and publicly available data, participants and volunteers can detect differences in marine debris over time, inspire prevention efforts, and inform education and outreach.
- NOAA marine debris shorline survey field guide
January 2012. This shoreline protocol was developed and...
- NOAA marine debris shorline survey field guide
January 2012. This shoreline protocol was developed and tested by the NOAA Marine Debris Program. This document is a revised version of the August 2011 field guide, and should be treated as a draft protocol that may be altered in the future. Further testing is currently underway to develop a statistically robust survey design that will ...
- Sarah Opfer, Courtney Arthur, Sherry Lippiatt
- 2012
5 days ago · The Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project (MDMAP) is a NOAA citizen science initiative that engages NOAA partners and volunteers across the nation to survey and record the amount and types of marine debris on shorelines. Participants in the MDMAP network select nearby shoreline monitoring sites that they return to routinely to conduct surveys and record information that can be used ...
Marine debris enters the marine environment through many pathways, and the extensive size of the ocean, patchiness in the distribution of debris, and spatial and temporal variability in the drivers of debris add to the complex life cycle of marine debris (Ryan et al., 2009, Cole et al., 2011, Doyle et al., 2011). This
Here is the general outline of how to conduct the MDMAP survey. More details on each step are available in the section below: Step 1: Select your transects. Step 2: Set up the survey and record site conditions. Step 3: Survey transects. Step 3a: Search the Main Beach. Step 3b: Search the Back Barrier.
"This document includes guidelines for estimating debris concentrations on shorelines, in surface waters, during visual surveys at sea, and in the benthos. Background information is provided for each environmental compartment (i.e., shorelines, surface waters, and the seafloor), in addition to guidelines for survey design, required equipment, the survey techniques, and study implementation ...
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The minimum size of marine debris to be collected has been standardised to the size of 1/2 plastic bottle cap (Figure 7). This will ensure that a uniform collection of litter across all sites and facilitate comparisons between sites. Please exercise caution when lifting heavy items (i.e. ropes, full collection bags).
