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ADS415 - Adotta La Zotta

1 December, 2018

Team Leader
Tatiana Geloso
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
3 kgs (estimated)

38.199626814118, 13.275791918859

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS415 - Adotta La Zotta
Organization/Dive Centre
Mare Nostrum Diving
City
Palermo
Country
Italy
Date
1 December, 2018
Survey Duration
32 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 38.199626814118
Longitude: 13.275791918859
Weather Conditions
Stormy during working days, got calm on Friday.
Survey Depth Range
2.1–3.5 meters
Area Surveyed
300 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 10
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 6
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Cigarette Lighters 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 17
Fishing: Line 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 7
Plastic Fragments 182
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 6
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Metal Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 13
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
Tampons 1
other materials collected
dustpan broom 1
cellphone cover 1

Debris was more than usual because of stormy weather in past days.

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