Beach litter - Median number of plastic bags related items normalized per 100m & to 1 survey - Other sources 2001/2021 v2023 ... : bl_plasticbags_other ...

• Main Author: Ifremer, VIGIES Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and MonitoringIFREMER, SISMER, Scientific Information Systems for the SEA
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ifremer, VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring)IFREMER, SISMER, Scientific Information Systems for the SEA 2023
• Subjects: /Human Activities/Pollution; Oceanographic geographical features; Beach litter abundance; Litter abundance and type; Black Sea; Baltic Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Northeast Atlantic Ocean 40W; Arctic Ocean; North Sea; EMODnet Chemistry; sediment; Marine litter; Arctic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13120/1758cc46-b5fd-42f2-b8c0-f4a72936d2d6; https://sextant.ifremer.fr/documentation/emodnet_chemistry/api/catalogue.html#/metadata/1758cc46-b5fd-42f2-b8c0-f4a72936d2d6

This visualization product displays the plastic bags abundance of marine macro-litter (> 2.5cm) per beach per year from non-MSFD monitoring surveys, research & cleaning operations. EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of beach litter have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols and reference lists used on a European scale. Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data: - Exclusion of OSPAR 1000 protocol: in order to follow the approach of OSPAR that it is not including these data anymore in the monitoring; - Selection of surveys from non-MSFD monitoring, cleaning and research operations; - Exclusion of beaches without coordinates; - Selection of plastic bags related items only. The list of selected items is attached to this ...