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Bioavailability and biological effects of microscopic plastic debris in the ocean, in the Gulf of Maine (2013) and the Western English Channel (2015)

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.

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048NE_L007010_1_microplastics
Date (Publication)
2022-02-18
Date (Creation)
2021-05-19
Date (Revision)
2021-07-21
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED7114
Owner
  University of Exeter, Biosciences Department - Unknown ( Unknown )
College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Stocker Road , Exeter , Devon , EX4 4QD , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1392 725171
http://biosciences.exeter.ac.uk
Originator
  University of Exeter, Biosciences Department - Unknown ( Unknown )
College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Stocker Road , Exeter , Devon , EX4 4QD , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1392 725171
http://biosciences.exeter.ac.uk
Owner
  Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Prospect Place , The Hoe , Plymouth , England , PL1 3DH , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1752 633 100
http://www.pml.ac.uk
Originator
  Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Prospect Place , The Hoe , Plymouth , England , PL1 3DH , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1752 633 100
http://www.pml.ac.uk
Custodian
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Distributor
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
SeaDataNet PDV
  • Micro-litter in water bodies
  • Litter abundance and type
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
Vertical Coverages
  • unknown
INSPIRE themes
  • Human health and safety
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations apply
Other constraints
Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Environment
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Geographic identifier
North Atlantic Ocean

Date (Revision)
2021-10-28

Begin date
2013-07-03
End date
2015-09-15
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace
OGP
Distribution format
  • Delimited ()

OnLine resource
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

OnLine resource
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). NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC. doi: 10/gmpt

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dataset Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
BODC protocols are based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model enabling BODC to iterate towards compliance with the on-going evolution and development of community requirements including FAIR (Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable), TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User community, Sustainability, Technology) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics). Data managers quality assure submissions and assemble the metadata necessary for curation. Submissions (as received) are placed in a long-term accession and stored in triplicate across multiple sites. Appropriate data are transferred into a standard internal format with source variable names mapped to controlled vocabularies, documentation assembled, and metadata loaded into BODC databases. Access to these data is through direct request, the BODC website and through partner repositories such as SeaDataNet. Access control is attained by assigning a data policy to each set of data and this policy is used to administer access when data are requested. Discovery metadata is aligned with EU INSPIRE (through MEDIN) and SeaDataNet community standards. Data are converted to open community formats including Ocean Data View ASCII and SeaDataNet NetCDF, with data described using terms from the NERC vocabulary server. BODC submission agreements are documented on the BODC website and customer service is assured with a dedicated requests team that serve data following local regulations including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004.
Pass
Yes
Statement

This dataset was created by the organisations with the "originator" role in this metadata record following their in-house data processing and quality control procedures. The data were then provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) for ingestion into one of the schemas of the National Oceanographic Database (NODB). During ingestion BODC undertake quality control, documentation and metadata enhancement procedures appropriate to the type of data. For an overview please see http://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/information_technology/data_processing_steps/. BODC supply full information about data collection, data processing and data quality with all data requests to enable users to assess data suitability themselves.

Instrument(s) used to collect data: neuston net.

File identifier
0279d92cd4f857c7bef686afd94944f5 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2022-03-02T12:41:14
Metadata standard name
MEDIN
Metadata standard version
3.1.1
Point of contact
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Polly Hadžiabdić ( Head of the BODC Requests Team )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
 
 

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