Marine debris dataset of Heard Island and Macquarie Island beaches and observed from ships, 1987-2002

Marine debris records from beaches on Heard and Macquarie Islands and floating debris spotted on voyages. Data were collected by observers surveying beaches either methodically or opportunistically, and by observers spotting debris as it floated past ships. The data were originally collated into a s...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: BURTON, HARRY (hasPrincipalInvestigator), ERIKSSON, CECILIA (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
environment
oceans
CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS
EARTH SCIENCE
HUMAN DIMENSIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
OCEAN CONTAMINANTS
WATER QUALITY
OCEAN CURRENTS
OCEAN CIRCULATION
FISHING DEBRIS
FLOTSAM
JETSAM
PLASTICS
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
FIELD SURVEYS
OCEAN &gt
SOUTHERN OCEAN
SOUTHERN OCEAN &gt
MACQUARIE ISLAND
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
Heard Island
Heard
McDonald Islands
Antarc*
Macquarie Island
Online Access:https://researchdata.edu.au/marine-debris-dataset-1987-2002/700865
https://doi.org/10.4225/15/57E4770BECC20
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/DB_Marine_Debris
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:Marine debris records from beaches on Heard and Macquarie Islands and floating debris spotted on voyages. Data were collected by observers surveying beaches either methodically or opportunistically, and by observers spotting debris as it floated past ships. The data were originally collated into a searchable database, but the application is no longer supported by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre. An extract of the data is attached to this metadata record. The extract is in Excel format, and each worksheet is a copy of a database table.

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