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Table 1
Areas assessed for the presence and effects of debris to rocky benthic communities of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Location, number of transect, geographical position and depth range.

Region (year) Area ID No. transects Lat Long Depth range (m)

Campania (2010) Amalfi c1 4 40° 36.40 N 14° 31.50 E 30–180
Li Galli c2 2 40° 34.60 N 14° 25.70 E 50–115
Nisida c3 2 40° 45.30 N 14° 08.30 E 40–110
Ischia AMP c4 2 40° 41.50 N 13° 53.60 E 40–120
Ischia c5 3 40° 41.30 N 13° 53.60 E 60–150
Procida c6 2 40° 41.80 N 14° 02.20 E 200–300

Sardinia (2011) Capo Boi s1 3 39° 06.60 N 9° 25.70 E 70–290
39° 04.10 N 9° 29.40 E 90–150
SW Cavoli s2 4 39° 05.40 N 9° 28.30 E 50–150
39° 22.70 N 9° 41.20 E 70–275
Villasimius s3 2 39° 37.40 N 9° 40.80 E 90–150
39° 07.30 N 9° 23.90 E 40–130
Porto corallo s4 6 39° 07.10 N 8° 08.20 E 70–130
38° 59.80 N 8° 07.70 E 150–200
Capo Palmeri s5 2 8° 16.70 E 60–90
39° 14.3 N 9° 06.10 E 80–100
Torre delle Stelle s6 2 39° 44.30 N 8° 29.50 E 130–140
38° 41.30 N 8° 21.60 E 70–130
Carloforte s7 5 38° 50.90 N

Stella Maris s8 2

Punta delle Oche s9 2

Secca di Capo Teulada s10 1

Bancotto s11 3

Isola del Toro s12 5

Sicily (2011) Favignana sc1 1 37° 53.10 N 12° 18.20 E 50–60
Banco dei Pesci sc2 2 38° 06.20 N 12° 13.30 E 80–120
BancoScuso sc3 2 38° 13.20 N 12° 33.30 E 70–140
Zingaro sc4 3 38° 11.40 N 12° 46.20 E 30–140
Porcelli sc5 2 38° 02.80 N 12° 25.30 E 80–120
P.ta San Vito lo Capo sc6 4 38° 10.60 N 12° 42.40 E 100–250
Banco Marco sc7 2 38° 16.90 N 12° 21.90 E 200–270
Banco Marettimo sc8 1 38° 01.30 N 12° 00.90 E 70–110

0.3 A 0.3 B

Debris items m-2 0.2 0.2

Lines m-2

0.1 0.1

0.0 Sardinia Sicily 0.0 Sardinia Sicily

Campania Campania

Fig. 2. (A) Debris relative abundance (debris items mÀ2) and (B) Line relative abundance (lines mÀ2) in the three investigated regions. Black rectangles indicate median values,
boxes indicate first and third quartiles and lines indicate the range between minimum and maximum values.

0.3
total debris

covering and abrading debris

Debris items m-2 0.2

0.1

0.0 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8 s9 s10 s11 s12 sc1 sc2 sc3 sc4 sc5 sc6 sc7 sc8

c1 c2 c3 c4 c5 c6 Areas

Fig. 3. Relative abundance (debris items mÀ2) of total debris items (grey) and relative abundance of covering and abrading items (dark), in each investigated area of the three
regions.

Please cite this article in press as: Angiolillo, M., et al. Distribution and assessment of marine debris in the deep Tyrrhenian Sea (NW Mediterranean Sea,
Italy). Mar. Pollut. Bull. (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.044