CLiP South Africa Marine Litter Accumulation Study (Cefas-UKZN) 2019

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Summary

This dataset contains 2 csv files. The file SouthAfricaMarineLitterData.csv contains data on marine litter found during beach surveys in Umhlanga (north of Durban) and Amanzimtoti (south of Durban) in South Africa in September 2019. The number of items and the weight in kg is reported for each litter category. Each survey is named with the name of the location plus a capital letter between A and L for Amanzimtoti; and between A and K for Umhlanga. The capital letter indicates the order of the returning surveys at the same site. The list of item categories was obtain merging OSPAR and Tangaroa Blue protocols with the addition of region-specific items. Item categories marked with '' were added during the operations in South Pacific, item categories marked with '' were added during the operations in Belize, and item categories marked with '**' were added during the operations in South Africa. An array of metadata (location names, survey date, GPS coordinates in decimal degrees) is also reported per each data point.

The file SouthAfricaMarineLitterMetadata.csv reports other metadata collected during the surveys following the OSPAR protocol to describe factors potentially influencing litter characteristics. A READ-ME text file contains a legend of the columns of the csv files.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2023-05-17
Access contraints
Not specified
Harvest GUID
CEFAS82d442b5-97a6-42a6-87b0-fa969ab9c3ac
Extent
Latitude: -20.00° to -40.00°
Longitude: 30.00° to 40.00°
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Dataset reference date
2020-01-31 (publication)
2023-05-17 (revision)
2020-01-21 (creation)
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) (originator, custodian, distributor); Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (owner)
ISO 19139 resource type
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Metadata language
eng
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