Tools – CleanAtlantic

Reports

IFREMER (2021) Development of sustainable tools (Database and software) for Marine Litter Data management

Development of sustainable tools (Database and software) for Marine Litter Data management

Responsible Partner: Ifremer
Date: Diciembre 2021
Download: Link
Description: Report describing the development of a database and specific software for the Marine Litter Data management.

Apps

ARDITI (2021) Floating Litter Reporter: facilitating litter monitoring for maritime stakeholders

Floating Litter Reporter: facilitating litter monitoring for maritime stakeholders

Responsible Partner: ARDITI
Date: May 2021
Download: Link
Description: Report describing the App Floating Litter Reporter. This tool was specifically designed to encourage citizen communities to make available relevant data while generating more consciousness at the local level on marine litter.

CEFAS (2021) Seafloor litter App for CEFAS Scientist

Seafloor litter App for CEFAS Scientist

Responsible Partner: CEFAS
Date: 08/06/2021
Download: Link
Description: Report describing the App developed by CEFAS. The primary use for the app is for Cefas scientists on board the RV Cefas Endeavour to reduce the use of paper log sheets, streamline the data entry and reduce the time associated with data QC. Therefore, the main focus of the app requirements was based on the Cefas method of seafloor litter logging, which follows the ICES guideline for sampling and the OSPAR categories for seafloor litter, as much of the data is submitted annually to DATRAS.

IEO (2021) Twilitter

Twilitter

Responsible Partner: IEO
Date: 2021
Download: Link
Description: App that allows to perform Twitter data analysis to assess the interest of citizens on the impact of marine plastic pollution.

INTECMAR (2020) Marine litter LOC-app

Marine litter LOC-app

Responsible Partner: INTECMAR
Date: January 2020
Download: Installation Manual, User Manual, Administrator Manual, Annex: Diagram of the data base, APK and server software.
Description: In the framework of CleanAtlantic project, the Technological Institute for the Marine Environment Monitoring of Galicia (INTECMAR) developed the mobile application Marine Litter LOC-app with the objective of facilitate and homogenizate data collection of marine litter pilled-up areas along the coast.
Marine Litter LOC-app allows geolocalizate the zones of accumulation, their characteristics and dimensions, add pictures and comments, as well as collect specific information about the marine litter. Marine Litter LOC- app was created with the purpose of being used during managed monitoring sessions where a coordinator (with the profile of Administrator) must previously choose those sector that will be monitored and must assign each sector to whom will collect data (with the profile of User).

Software

IST & USC (2021) MOHID Lagrangian Tool: Software necessary to include marine litter processes in an open source lagrangian transport tool

MOHID Lagrangian Tool: Software necessary to include marine litter processes in an open source lagrangian transport tool

Responsible Partner: IST and USC
Date: Septembre 2021
Download: Software, Installation guide (pdf), Short user guide (pdf)
Description: This software includes marine litter processes in an open source lagrangian transport model (The MOHID Lagrangian Tool). An installation guide, and short installation guide are also available for download.

Publications

Otero, P. et al. (2021)Twitter data analysis to assess the interest of citizens on the impact of marine plastic pollution

Twitter data analysis to assess the interest of citizens on the impact of marine plastic pollution

Responsible Partner: IEO
Date: September 2021
Download: link
Description: Few studies have mined social media platforms to assess environmental concerns. In this study, Twitter was scraped to obtain a ~140,000 tweet dataset related specifically to marine plastic pollution. The goal is to understand what kind of users profiles are tweeting and how and when they do it. In addition, topic modelling and graph theory techniques have allowed us to identify main concerns on this topic: i) impact on wildlife, ii) microplastics/water pollution, iii) estimates/reports, iv) legislation/protection, and v) recycling/cleaning initiatives. Results reveal a scarce influence of organizations involved in research and marine environmental awareness, so some guidelines are depicted that could help to adjust their communication plans. This is relevant to engage society through reliable information, change habits and reinforce sustainable behaviour. A visualization tool has been created to analyze the results over time.