Beach litter - Median of total abundance items normalized per 100m & to 1 survey - Other sources 2001/2021 v2023 ... : bl_totalabundance_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; Arctic Ocean; Baltic Sea; Mediterranean Sea; North Sea; Black Sea; Northeast Atlantic Ocean 40W; EMODnet Chemistry; sediment; Marine litter; Arctic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13120/23086a53-0c65-442b-9672-0909769c4e22; https://sextant.ifremer.fr/documentation/emodnet_chemistry/api/catalogue.html#/metadata/23086a53-0c65-442b-9672-0909769c4e22

This visualization product displays the total 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; - Some categories & some litter types like organic litter, small fragments (paraffin and wax; items > ...