0279d92cd4f857c7bef686afd94944f5 English dataset Polly Hadžiabdić British Oceanographic Data Centre Head of the BODC Requests Team Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ pointOfContact 2022-03-02T12:41:14 MEDIN 3.1.1 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP Bioavailability and biological effects of microscopic plastic debris in the ocean, in the Gulf of Maine (2013) and the Western English Channel (2015) British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048NE_L007010_1_microplastics 2022-02-18 publication 2021-05-19 creation 2021-07-21 revision EDMED7114 http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ This project aims to provide an estimate of the extent to which microplastic concentrations are underestimated with traditional sampling. Sampling events focus on coastal waters, where microplastics are predicted to have the greatest influence on marine life, on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean. Samples were collected in the Gulf of Maine (USA) in July 2013 and the western English Channel off the coast of Plymouth (UK) between July and September 2015. Microplastic debris was collected via surface trawls using 100, 333 and 500 micrometer nets. Data collection was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC Grant NE/L003988/1 and NE/L007010/1); University of Exeter and Plymouth Marine Laboratory collaboration fund; in-kind contributions from the ‘Rozalia Project’; March Limited of Bermuda philanthropic support. Unknown University of Exeter, Biosciences Department Unknown +44 (0)1392 725171 College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Stocker Road Exeter Devon EX4 4QD United Kingdom bs-reception@exeter.ac.uk http://biosciences.exeter.ac.uk owner Unknown University of Exeter, Biosciences Department Unknown +44 (0)1392 725171 College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Stocker Road Exeter Devon EX4 4QD United Kingdom bs-reception@exeter.ac.uk http://biosciences.exeter.ac.uk originator Unknown Plymouth Marine Laboratory Unknown +44 (0)1752 633 100 Prospect Place The Hoe Plymouth England PL1 3DH United Kingdom forinfo@pml.ac.uk http://www.pml.ac.uk owner Unknown Plymouth Marine Laboratory Unknown +44 (0)1752 633 100 Prospect Place The Hoe Plymouth England PL1 3DH United Kingdom forinfo@pml.ac.uk http://www.pml.ac.uk originator British Oceanographic Data Centre Director Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ custodian British Oceanographic Data Centre Director Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ distributor asNeeded Micro-litter in water bodies Litter abundance and type SeaDataNet PDV 2022-01-30 revision Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 revision unknown Vertical Coverages 2020-05-21 revision Human health and safety INSPIRE themes 2009-07-31 revision otherRestrictions No limitations apply Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence otherRestrictions Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence English environment 4.2319 68.8231 42.9269 50.35 SeaVoX water bodies 2021-10-28 revision North Atlantic Ocean 2013-07-03 2015-09-15 Delimited https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/c2b2d36e-27b9-7cd5-e053-6c86abc024f1/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/c2b2d36e-27b9-7cd5-e053-6c86abc024f1 Lindeque P.K., Cole M., Coppock R., Lewis C.N., Wilson-McNeal A., Galloway T.S. (2021). Waterborne microplastic characteristics and abundance sampled in the western English Channel between July - August 2015 using nets of different mesh-size (100, 333 and 500 µm). NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC. doi: 10/gmpp download https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/c47f341b-cb1d-64b9-e053-6c86abc0b7bf/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/c47f341b-cb1d-64b9-e053-6c86abc0b7bf Lindeque P.K., Cole M., Coppock R., Lewis C.N., Miller R.Z., Watts A.J.R., Wilson-McNeal A., Wright S.L., Galloway T.S. (2021). Waterborne microplastic characteristics and abundance sampled in the Gulf of Maine in July 2013 using nets of different mesh-size (100, 333 and 500 µm). 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