Origins and Biological Accumulation of Small Plastic Particles in Fur Seals From Macquarie Island

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; environment; oceans; ISLANDS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOSPHERE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; WATER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; FISH; MAMMALS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > PELAGIC; USE/FEEDING HABITATS; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; FEEDING; FEEDSTOCK; FUR SEALS; MACQUARIE ISLAND; PLASTIC; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPH; POLYMER; SCAT; SEM; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; FIELD SURVEYS; CEOS; AMD/AU; AMD; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN > GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Southern Ocean; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/origins-biological-accumulation-macquarie-island/687402; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/plastics_fur_seals; https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/1102/download; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=plastics_fur_seals

The dates given in temporal coverage are appoximate only. The years are correct. From the abstract of the referenced paper: One hundred and sixty four plastic particles (mean length 4.1 mm) recovered from the scats of fur seals (Arctocephalus spp.) on Macquarie Island were examined. Electron microgr...