MARINE LITTER SURVEY AT THE MAJOR SEA TURTLE NESTING ISLANDS IN THE ARABIAN GULF USING IN-SITU AND REMOTE SENSING METHODS

Rommel H. Maneja; Rejoice Thomas; Jeffrey D. Miller; Wenzhao Li; Hesham El-Askary; Ace Vincent B. Flandez; Joselito Francis A. Alcaria; Jinoy Gopalan; Abdulrahman Jukhdar; Abdullajid U. Basali; Sachi Perera; Perdana K. Prihartato; Ronald A. Loughland; Tyas I. Hikmawan; Ali Qasem; Mohamed A. Qurban; Daniele Struppa

doi:10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553106

MARINE LITTER SURVEY AT THE MAJOR SEA TURTLE NESTING ISLANDS IN THE ARABIAN GULF USING IN-SITU AND REMOTE SENSING METHODS

Rommel H. Maneja
, Rejoice Thomas
, Jeffrey D. Miller
, Wenzhao Li
, Hesham El-Askary^*
, Ace Vincent B. Flandez
, Joselito Francis A. Alcaria
, Jinoy Gopalan
, Abdulrahman Jukhdar
, Abdullajid U. Basali
, Sachi Perera
, Perdana K. Prihartato
, Ronald A. Loughland
, Tyas I. Hikmawan
, Ali Qasem
, Mohamed A. Qurban
, Daniele Struppa

^*Corresponding author for this work

Applied Research Center for Environment and Marine Studies

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Abstract

In the northwestern Arabian Gulf, the offshore islands of Jana and Karan are the major nesting sites of sea turtles. Continued litter pollution may clog the beaches of the islands and hamper nesting activities and hatchling emergence success. We examined the distribution of marine litter on Jana and Karan islands using a combination of in-situ beach litter survey and remote sensing satellite technologies. Results showed that the western portions of the islands receive the most significant amount of marine litter. The dominant debris type were plastic bottles by count and processed wood by weight. Jana island had relatively higher number of plastic bottles than Karan island. The vegetation line accumulated more significant amount of marine debris compared to the beach zone and the within vegetation zone. Debris was also observed deep into the islands. Plastic Index (PI) from Sentinel-2 was better in detecting a 19m-by-19m test plastic sheet than Floating Debris Index. The potential of PI was tested at Jana and Karan islands but require further studies to detect scattered macroplastics.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IGARSS 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	8582-8585
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665403696
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553106
State	Published - 2021

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Name	International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume	2021-July

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Keywords

Floating debris index
Marine litter
Plastic index
Remote sensing
Sea turtle nesting
Sentinel-2

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Computer Science Applications
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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Maneja, R. H., Thomas, R., Miller, J. D., Li, W., El-Askary, H., Flandez, A. V. B., Alcaria, J. F. A., Gopalan, J., Jukhdar, A., Basali, A. U., Perera, S., Prihartato, P. K., Loughland, R. A., Hikmawan, T. I., Qasem, A., Qurban, M. A., & Struppa, D. (2021). MARINE LITTER SURVEY AT THE MAJOR SEA TURTLE NESTING ISLANDS IN THE ARABIAN GULF USING IN-SITU AND REMOTE SENSING METHODS. In IGARSS 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings (pp. 8582-8585). (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS); Vol. 2021-July). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553106

Maneja, Rommel H. ; Thomas, Rejoice ; Miller, Jeffrey D. et al. / MARINE LITTER SURVEY AT THE MAJOR SEA TURTLE NESTING ISLANDS IN THE ARABIAN GULF USING IN-SITU AND REMOTE SENSING METHODS. IGARSS 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. pp. 8582-8585 (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)).

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MARINE LITTER SURVEY AT THE MAJOR SEA TURTLE NESTING ISLANDS IN THE ARABIAN GULF USING IN-SITU AND REMOTE SENSING METHODS. / Maneja, Rommel H.; Thomas, Rejoice; Miller, Jeffrey D. et al.
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Maneja RH, Thomas R, Miller JD, Li W, El-Askary H, Flandez AVB et al. MARINE LITTER SURVEY AT THE MAJOR SEA TURTLE NESTING ISLANDS IN THE ARABIAN GULF USING IN-SITU AND REMOTE SENSING METHODS. In IGARSS 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2021. p. 8582-8585. (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)). doi: 10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553106

MARINE LITTER SURVEY AT THE MAJOR SEA TURTLE NESTING ISLANDS IN THE ARABIAN GULF USING IN-SITU AND REMOTE SENSING METHODS

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