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Artículo

Año:	2018
Autor(es):	Francisco Bonin-Font, Jordi Lalucat, Gabriel Oliver-Codina, Miquel Massot-Campos, Eric Guerrero Font, Pep Lluis Negre Carrasco
Título:	Evaluating the impact of sewage discharges on the marine environment with a lightweight AUV
Revista:	MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
ISSN:	0025-326X
JCR Impact Factor:	3.782
Volumen:	135
Páginas:	714-722
D.O.I.:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.07.071
Web:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X18305587
Resumen:	Environmental studies that use small Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) can survey wider and deeper areas, compared to traditional methods, at a reasonable cost. Thanks to the precise vehicle navigation systems, the data collected can be accurately geolocalized. Besides, lightweight vehicles can be deployed from the shore or from small boats and programmed by means of user-friendly graphical interfaces, thus reducing and simplifying the need of human resources and infrastructures. Based on such a technology, this paper presents a framework to assess the environmental impact of a marine sewage outfall set in the Bay of Palma (Mallorca, Spain). We report the results of the analysis of the images recorded in the course of six missions conducted with an AUV. The plan was designed after a microbiological analysis detected the presence of cyanobacteria in a sample of sand and water collected by scuba divers close to the sewer pipe mouth.