Baltic Sea

Efficiency of Aerial Drones for Macrolitter Monitoring on Baltic Sea Beaches

This study tests the potential of aerial drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles together with a Geographic Information System approach for semi-automatic classification of meso- (1–25 mm) and macrolitter (>25 mm) at four beaches of the southern Baltic Sea.

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MicroCatch_Balt

Investigation of Sinks and Sources of Microplastics from a Typical Catchment Area to the Open Baltic Sea

August 2017

April 2021

This project determined sources and sinks of microplastic in the Warnow river basin, as well as relevant dissemination processes on its way to the open Baltic Sea. Separate models were linked so that the resulting model covers the entire river basin including estuary and coastal waters.

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Website

https://www.io-warnemuende.de/microcatch-home.html

Project sheet

19_Projektblatt_MicroCatchBalt_ENG_2018.pdf

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