NERC Data Catalogue Service
Marine debris from a beach at Bird Island, from 1989 onwards
Marine debris washing up on beaches on Bird Island has been monitored since 1989 with over 9,000 items of debris recovered up until present day. In addition to the raw data, a summary of the data by year or by debris description is available. Occasions when no debris was found, or it was not possible to carry out a survey, are recorded in the metadata.
This data is submitted to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) as part of their Marine Debris Programme.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2019-07-26
- Date (Revision)
- 2019-07-26
- Date (Publication)
- 2019-07-26
- Date (released)
- 2019-07-26
- Edition
- 1
- Unique resource identifier
- 48c9111b-8449-4da8-9cf6-b6325d6c6d7a
- Codespace
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- Unique resource identifier
- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01206
- Codespace
- https://data.bas.ac.uk/
- Other citation details
- Please cite this item as: None
- Credit
- No credit.
- Status
- completed Completed
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded As needed
- Maintenance note
- completed Completed
- Theme
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- Beach debris
- Marine debris
- Place
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- Main Bay, Bird Island South Georgia Island
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations
- Use constraints
- license License
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/nerc/our-policies-and-standards/nerc-data-policy/
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Marine debris from a beach at Bird Island, from 1989 onwards (https://data.bas.ac.uk/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01206), accessed by contacting UK Polar Data Centre at polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk, [date in here dd/mm/yyyy]
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- Metadata language
- engEnglish
- Character set
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- Topic category
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- Environment
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- Begin date
- 1989-01-01
- End date
- 1989-01-01
- Supplemental Information
- It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
Distributor
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
- Units of distribution
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- Transfer size
- 1
- Protocol
- WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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- Get Data
- Description
- Download data
- Function
- download Download
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Statement
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Methodology:
Regular check are carried out to record and remove marine debris from the Main Bay on Bird Island. This is part of CCAMLR's Marine Debris Program. Surveys are carried out once per month during the winter period and once during the summer period, usually at the end of March. Debris type and description are recorded along with weight (kg) and debris size.
Debris type is recorded under the categories in CCAMLR's Marine Debris Program.
Debris size is categorised as follows: S (Small) < 2.5cm, M (Medium) 2.5cm to 10cm, L (Large) >10cm to 1m, VL (Very Large) >1m.
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- Metadata language
- engEnglish
- Character set
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- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
- dataset
- Date stamp
- 2019-07-26
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
- ISO 19115:2003(E)
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