European beach litter standardized, harmonized and validated datasets 2001/2020 v2021 ...

• Main Author: National Institute Of Oceanography And Applied Geophysics-OGS, Division Of Oceanography
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: EMODnet Chemistry 2021
• Subjects: /Human Activities/Pollution; /Chemical Environment/Sediment; Oceanographic geographical features; Beach litter abundance; Black Sea; Baltic Sea; North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Arctic Ocean; Northeast Atlantic Ocean 40W; Beach litter; Coastal Area; sediment; Marine litter; EMODnet Chemistry; Oceanography; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Chemistry; European beaches; MSFD; Arctic; Northeast Atlantic; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6092/kva0-xe59; https://sextant.ifremer.fr/documentation/emodnet_chemistry/api/catalogue.html#/metadata/2b444000-036e-49ee-92c8-e5b265cf4a4f

EMODnet Chemistry aims to provide access to marine chemistry data sets and derived data products concerning eutrophication, ocean acidification, contaminants and litter. The chosen parameters are relevant for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), in particular for descriptors 5, 8, 9 and 10. The dataset contains standardized, harmonized and validated data collections from beach litter (monitoring and other sources). Version 1.1, updated on 2021-06-04. Datasets concerning beach and seafloor litter data are loaded in a central database after a semi-automated validation phase. Once loaded, a data assessment is performed in order to check data consistency and potential errors are corrected thanks to a feedback loop with data originators. For beach litter, the harmonized datasets contain all unrestricted or SeaDataNet License EMODnet Chemistry data on beach litter data, including 12390 CDI records, in which 11152 refer to monitoring data, 1208 to data from cleaning surveys and 29 to data from research. ...