Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada
Volume 19, Issue 3, September 2019, Pages 181-193
DOI: 10.5894/rgci-n265
*Submission: 19 JUL 2019; Peer review: 29 AGO 2019; Revised: 8 OCT 2019; Accepted: 8 OCT 2019; Available on-line: 28 NOV 2019
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The influence of small human settlements on marine litter in the northeast coast of Brazil
A influência de pequenos assentamentos humanos no lixo marinho na costa nordeste do Brasil
Emerson Campos Barbosa Júnior@, 1, Fabio Luís Galvão da Silva1, 2, Verena Henschen Meira1, 3, Karla Morato1, 4, Enée Gottschalk1, 5, Gabriela de la Rosa1, 6, Yuri Costa1, 7
@ Corresponding author: emersonjr25@hotmail.com
1 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Geremoabo, s/n,Campus de Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, 40170-115, Brazil
2 Email: fgalvao3@gmail.com
3 Email: verenahm@gmail.com
4 Email: karlamorato@hotmail.com
5 Email: enee_pgm@hotmail.com
6 Email: gabrielavanegas.delarosa@gmail.com
7 Email: yuricost@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The influence of small human settlements on the distribution of marine litter is not well known. We investigated the potential contribution of such settlements in the distribution of the abundance and richness of macro litter (>1 cm) along a beach stretch in the northeast coast of Brazil coast. In order to investigate if the garbage would increase near coastal villages, we collected stranded marine litter in 45 transects, along 8.1 km of the beach stretch, including the ocean front of two small human settlements (Siribinha and Poças). We used a generalized additive model (GAM) and found greater waste richness in Siribinha and between Siribinha and Poças. No clear variation trend was evidenced in the amount of marine litter along the sampling sites. This indicate an unsystematic pattern of the distribution of litter near small villages, opposing to patterns observed in large urban centers. Therefore, litter produced far away may be a worse problem, then local litter, in remote coastal areas. .
Keywords: Brazil, debris, pollution.
RESUMO
A influência dos pequenos assentamentos humanos na distribuição do lixo marinho não é bem conhecida. Investigamos a contribuição potencial de tais assentamentos na distribuição da abundância e riqueza de macro lixo (>1 cm) ao longo de uma faixa de praia na costa nordeste no Brasil. A fim de investigar se o lixo aumentaria próximo às vilas costeiras, coletamos lixo marinho encalhado em 45 transectos, ao longo de 8,1 km de faixa de praia, incluindo a frente de dois pequenos assentamentos humanos (Siribinha e Poças). Utilizamos um modelo aditivo generalizado (GAM) e encontramos maior riqueza de resíduos em Siribinha e entre Siribinha e Poças. Nenhuma tendência de variação clara foi evidenciada na quantidade de lixo marinho ao longo dos locais de amostragem. Isto indica um padrão não sistemático da distribuição de lixo perto de pequenas vilas, em oposição aos padrões observados nos grandes centros urbanos. Portanto, lixo produzido longe pode ser um problema pior, do que lixo local, em áreas costeiras remotas.
Palavras-chave: Brasil, detritos, poluição.
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