Becker, Tatiana

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Last updated January 29, 2025
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Tatiana Becker is a part-time STEM lecturer in the Academic Foundation Year program at the University of Aruba. Tatiana holds a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Studies from the Inholland University of Applied Sciences and a Master's Degree in Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management from Wageningen University. She is passionate and interested in researching Marine Ecology.

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    Beach debris on Aruba, Southern Caribbean: Attribution to local land-based and distal marine-based sources
    (Elsevier, 2016) de Scisciolo, Tobia; Mijts, Eric; Becker, Tatiana; Eppinga, Maarten
    Accumulation of marine (plastic) debris from local land-based and distal marine-based sources along coastlines is a pressing modern issue. Hitherto, assessing the relative contribution of pollution sources through beach surveys is methodologically challenging. We surveyed ten beaches along the leeward and windward coastlines of Aruba (southern Caribbean) to determine differences in macro- and meso-debris densities. Differences were quantified using three metrics: 1) the gradient in macro-debris density away from the waterfront; 2) the proportion of plastic within macro-debris; 3) the meso-:macro-debris ratio. Overall 42,585 macro-debris items and 884 meso-debris items were collected. The density of near-shore macro-debris, proportion of plastic debris herein, and meso-:macro-debris ratio were highest on the windward coastline. These results suggest that southern Caribbean windward coastlines are mainly exposed to debris originating from distal marine-based sources, and leeward coastlines to local land-based sources. Our metrics clearly reflect these differences, providing novel means to survey debris source origin.
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    Beach debris on Aruba
    (Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA),, 2016) Eppinga, Maarten; de Scisciolo, Tobia; Mijts, Eric; Becker, Tatiana
    A large-scale study of beach debris on Aruba has shown just how much marine debris pollution there is on the island’s beaches. The study also locates the different sources of this debris, emphasizing the need for both local and global action.
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    Nutrient content of agricultural soils in SIS: A case study in Aruba
    (University of Aruba and Utrecht University, 2023) Van den Berg, Stef; Becker, Tatiana; John, Nigel; Mijts, Eric