The Occurrence of Litter of Natural and Anthropogenic Origin in Solway Firth and Other Coastal Sediments

The litter content of littoral and sublittoral sediments from the Solway Firth, Firth of Clyde and the coast of Devon was measured by passing samples of sediment through 500 and 1000 μm sieves and hand picking of the residues. The litter present in samples from each station was shown to be very variable both in amount and in the quality of the component fractions. No clear relationship with silt content and type of shore emerged.