Marine plastics found at Heard Island and Macquarie Island

Progress Code: completed Statement: Monthly beach collections were made by a human observer. Material was classed by infra-red spectroscopy. The values provided in temporal and spatial coverage are approximate only. This project monitored plastics at the four-bays area on Heard Island and at Sandell...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
Subjects:
oceans
environment
EARTH SCIENCE &gt
HUMAN DIMENSIONS &gt
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS &gt
CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS
OCEANS &gt
WATER QUALITY &gt
OCEAN CONTAMINANTS
Flotsam
Debris
rubbish
Marine Debris
garbage
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
FIELD INVESTIGATION
FIELD SURVEYS
AMD/AU
CEOS
AMD
OCEAN &gt
SOUTHERN OCEAN
SOUTHERN OCEAN &gt
MACQUARIE ISLAND
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS
Southern Ocean
Heard Island
Heard
McDonald Islands
Macquarie Island
Online Access:https://researchdata.edu.au/marine-plastics-heard-macquarie-island/2821626
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Summary:Progress Code: completed Statement: Monthly beach collections were made by a human observer. Material was classed by infra-red spectroscopy. The values provided in temporal and spatial coverage are approximate only. This project monitored plastics at the four-bays area on Heard Island and at Sandell Bay on Macquarie Island. It characterised plastics by infra-red spectroscopy both from the beach collection and small pieces from fur-seal stomachs and cormorant boluses. The aim was to assess human impact on the ocean by measuring plastic abundance and type.

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