CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
Plastic Litter Project 2018: a feasibility study on detecting plastics in the aquatic environment using drones and satellite images
(Corresponding) Topouzelis K., Papakonstantinou A., Garaba S., Doukari M., Chatziantoniou A., Spondylidis S.
Topic:
Marine environment and coastal management
Plastic litter has been shown to pose a significant problem in the marine environment and the food chain at all trophic levels. Within the scope of Plastic Project 2018, we investigated the prospective use of imaging technology on airborne and spaceborne platforms in detecting floating plastic...Read more
This paper studies the dynamics of an economy specialized in fisheries facing a rising marine litter problem. We present a dynamic optimization model to explain the mechanism through which marine litter causes inefficiencies in the fishery sector. We study the dynamic properties of the model when...Read more
Benthic litter density maps through low-cost underwater towed video camera surveys. An integrated approach.
(Corresponding) FAKIRIS E., CHRISTODOULOU D., KORDELLA S., GERAGA M., PAPATHEODOROU G.
Topic:
Marine environment and coastal management
The marine environment is the final recipient and digester of litter. Floating and benthic litter constitute the majority of litter items in the marine environment while both remain quite unexploited due to their demand in high-cost and time-consuming surveys. In this paper we propose an integrated...Read more
Keywords:
benthic litter assessment, underwater towed video camera, Syros Island
Marine litter monitoring: the case study of Paros island
Marmara D., Kontomanoli Z., Cevello S., Ragkousis M., Kelaidoni A., (Corresponding) Krasakopoulou E.
Topic:
Marine environment and coastal management
Marine litter have been characterized as one of the main threats for societies, while among them, plastics have been found in various marine ecosystems. A monitoring project on marine litter, based on beach visual-surveys started in 2019, on Paros Island in the Aegean Sea, under the Clean Blue...Read more
Assessing Marine Litter on beaches and the seafloor in the Saronikos Gulf, Greece
(Corresponding) Kouvara K., Kosmopoulou A., Fakiris E., Christodoulou D., Filippides A., Katsanevakis S., Ioakeimidis C., Geraga M., Xirotagarou P., Papatheodorou G.
Topic:
Marine Litter - Accumulated experience and new perspectives
Marine litter is a pressing environmental issue that requires urgent attention from international and local authorities. The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive emphasizes the need to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) in European marine waters by 2020, with a specific focus on marine...Read more
Shallow Seafloor Litter: Tracking their Sources and Spatiotemporal Trends in the Presence of Oceanographic Drivers through efficient monitoring
(Corresponding) Fakiris E., Papatheodorou G., Kordella S., Christodoulou D., Galgani F., Geraga M.
Topic:
Marine Litter - Accumulated experience and new perspectives
Seafloor litter is the least exploited component of marine litter. The spatially variable distribution of their densities over time is a cumulative effect of sources’ intensities and natural drivers like wind/wave and current conditions in interaction with seafloor morphology. Making safe...Read more
Keywords:
Seafloor litter, Long term monitoring, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, litter transport dynamics, Towed Underwater Camera
