Table 4 Number of litter identified through ROV analysis.

From: A unique and threatened deep water coral-bivalve biotope new to the Mediterranean Sea offshore the Naples megalopolis

Recovery

DOHRN_ROV01

MS16_7

MS17_81

MS17_102

N_tot

Density (N_rec/Tot_lenght)

Density (N_tot_rec/100 m)

N_rec/100 m

N_tot_rec/100 m

Plastic objects (A1, A3, A5)

6

0

10

77

93

3.44*

5.03

Fishing objects (C6)

20

10

6

7

43

1.59**

  1. Density of litter is reported as number of records for a distance of 100 m as indicated by the Guidance on Monitoring of Marine Litter for the Mediterranean MSFD33. The total density refers to the density of the identified objects for the entire length of the four ROV under study; Density refers to the density of the objects identified in mobile sediments (*) and hard substrates (**).
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