Marine plastics found at Heard Island and Macquarie Island

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: oceans; environment; EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS; OCEANS > WATER QUALITY > OCEAN CONTAMINANTS; Flotsam; Debris; rubbish; Marine Debris; garbage; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIELD SURVEYS; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > 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

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...