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Marine Debris Project Final Report 2014

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Size composition of debrisThe size composition of the marine debris found during transects and emu parades was similar(χ 2 10 = 4.1; P>0.8). This suggests that the citizen scientist were detecting marine debris of a similarcomposition to that found by scientists.Figure 12. The mean density (items.m2 ± se) of marine debris found among emu parades made by trained anduntrained adults, primary and secondary school students supervised by trained and untrained teachers comparedwith nearby transects by project staff.Hardesty et al. (<strong>2014</strong>) | 51

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