DataSheet_1_Surface microplastics in the Kara Sea: from the Kara Gate to the 83°N.docx

• Main Authors: Anfisa Berezina, Svetlana Pakhomova, Igor Zhdanov, Olga Mekhova, Tatiana Polivanova, Matvei Novikov, Maria Pogojeva, Alexander Osadchiev, Natalia Stepanova, Evgeniy Yakushev
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Oceanography; Marine Biology; Marine Geoscience; Biological Oceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Marine Engineering; microplastic; Arctic; Kara Sea; Kara Gate; Ob and Yenisey plumes; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Yenisey; North Atlantic; yenisey river
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1268879.s001; https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/DataSheet_1_Surface_microplastics_in_the_Kara_Sea_from_the_Kara_Gate_to_the_83_N_docx/24515740

Despite ongoing research into microplastics pollution in the Arctic Ocean, the region remains underexplored. In the Eurasian Arctic studies mainly focus on the Barents Sea, while there are only limited and variable data from few stations in the Kara Sea. The study aims to perform an extensive survey...