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

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• Last updated: 10 July 2024
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Summary

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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Published dataset - doi:10.5285/c47f341b-cb1d-64b9-e053-6c86abc0b7bf	N/A	10 July 2024	Not available
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/c2b2d36e-27b9-7cd5-e053-6c86abc024f1	N/A	10 July 2024	Not available

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2022-03-02
• Access contraints: Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
• Harvest GUID: 0279d92cd4f857c7bef686afd94944f5
• Extent: Latitude: 50.35° to 42.9269°
• Extent: Longitude: 4.2319° to 68.8231°
• Dataset reference date: 2022-02-18 (publication)
• Dataset reference date: 2021-05-19 (creation)
• Dataset reference date: 2021-07-21 (revision)
• Frequency of update: asNeeded
• Responsible party: University of Exeter, Biosciences Department (owner, originator); Plymouth Marine Laboratory (owner, originator); British Oceanographic Data Centre (custodian, distributor)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
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