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. 2014 Apr 30;9(4):e95839. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095839

Table 3. Composition of litter (%) in different locations on the seafloor of European waters.

Location Derelict fishing gear Glass Metal Plastic Other items Clinker
ATLANTIC
Continental slopes
 North Faroe-Shetland Channel 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 North-East Faroe-Shetland Channel 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Continental shelf
 Norwegian Margin 80.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0
Submarine canyons
 Dangeard & Explorer Canyons 72.2 0.0 0.0 16.7 11.1 0.0
 Nazaré Canyon 37.1 0.0 17.1 25.7 20.0 0.0
 Lisbon Canyon 9.2 0.0 1.5 86.2 3.1 0.0
 Setúbal Canyon 8.7 4.3 4.3 30.4 52.2 0.0
 Cascais Canyon 9.1 0.0 0.0 54.5 36.4 0.0
 Guilvinec Canyon 43.8 0.0 0.0 43.8 6.3 6.3
 Whittard Canyon 28.6 7.1 14.3 42.9 0.0 7.1
Seamounts, banks and mounds
 Anton Dohrn Seamount 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Condor Seamount 85.5 14.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Josephine Seamount 42.9 28.6 14.3 0.0 14.3 0.0
 Hatton Bank 87.5 0.0 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Rockall Bank 33.3 0.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Rosemary Bank 66.7 0.0 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Pen Duick Alpha/Beta Mound 75.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Darwin Mounds 10.0 0.0 15.0 60.0 15.0 0.0
Ocean ridges
 North Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 South Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone 0.0 28.6 28.6 28.6 14.3 0.0
 Wyville-Thomson Ridge 85.7 0.0 14.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
MEDITERANEAN
Continental slopes
 Calabrian Slope (Central Med.) 13.2 0.0 8.4 36.2 26.6 15.5
 Western Mediterranean Slope 21.6 0.6 0.2 12.1 0.6 64.9
 Crete-Rhodes Ridge (E. Med.) 1.6 9.3 6.0 17.0 20.5 45.5
 Blanes slope (NW Med.) 2.3 7.9 8.4 12.6 11.6 57.1
Continental shelf
 Gulf of Lion (NW Med.) 0.0 0.0 0.0 88.9 11.1 0.0
Submarine canyons
 Blanes Canyon (NW Med.) 3 (0.2) 3 (4.9) 6 (2.2) 78 (76.3) 9 (1.7) 0 (14.7)
 Gulf of Lion Canyons (NW Med.) 0.0 0.0 0.0 67.3 32.7 0.0
Deep basins
 Algero-Balearic Basin (W. Med.) 16.5 0.8 29.6 14.0 2.1 37.0
 Crete-Rhodes Ridge (E. Med.) 0.0 9.7 25.0 19.5 7.2 38.5
 Calabrian Basin (Central Med.) 0.5 6.7 0.7 5.9 36.1 50.1
ARCTIC
Continental slope
 HAUSGARTEN, station IV 2.5 2.5 2.5 60 32.5 0

*Numbers in parentheses refer to trawl surveys.