Beach litter - Beaches locations and litter list used - Official monitoring 2001/2020 v2021 ...

• Main Authors: IFREMER, SISMER, Scientific Information Systems For The SEA SISMER, Ifremer, VIGIES Information Valuation Service For Integrated Management And Monitoring, National Institute Of Oceanography And Applied Geophysics-OGS, Division Of Oceanography
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: EMODnet Chemistry 2021
• Subjects: /Human Activities/Pollution; Oceanographic geographical features; Litter abundance and type; Beach litter abundance; Black Sea; Baltic Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Arctic Ocean; Northeast Atlantic Ocean 40W; North Sea; EMODnet Chemistry; sediment; Marine litter; Beach litter; MSFD; Maps; Oceanography; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Arctic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13120/4e4c36ce-fc86-4df7-983a-dae822ed0fe1; https://sextant.ifremer.fr/documentation/emodnet_chemistry/api/catalogue.html#/metadata/4e4c36ce-fc86-4df7-983a-dae822ed0fe1

This visualization product displays beaches locations where the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitoring protocol has been applied to collate data on macrolitter (> 2.5 cm). Reference lists associated to those protocols have been indicated with different colors in the map. 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 MSFD surveys only (exclusion of other monitoring, cleaning and research operations); - Exclusion of beaches ...