Abundance and distribution of cigarette butts on the sand of five touristic beaches in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic
Cigarette butts (CB) and cigarette butt fibers (CBF) are highly abundant and frequent residues on beach sand. Also, they are hazardous waste due to their significant toxicity and potential risk to the ecosystems’ biota and the health of beach tourists. This study aimed to determine the abundance and...
- Autores:
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Díaz-Mendoza, Claudia
Arias Ordiales, Paloma
Bustos, María Luján
Cervantes, Omar
Palacios-Moreno, Mario
Vera San Martín, Teresa
Kloc Lopes, Gisela
Vallejo, Martha
Mouthon-Bello, Javier
Gutierrez, Leonardo
- Tipo de recurso:
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2023
- Institución:
- Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio Institucional UTB
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.utb.edu.co:20.500.12585/12445
- Acceso en línea:
- https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12585/12445
- Palabra clave:
- Cigarette butts
Cigarette butt fibers
Beaches
Abundance
Density
LEMB
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/