Microplastics in Arctic deep-sea sediments from the HAUSGARTEN observatory

• Main Authors: Bergmann, Melanie, Wirzberger, Vanessa, Krumpen, Thomas, Lorenz, Claudia, Primpke, Sebastian, Tekman, Mine Banu
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.879739; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.879739

Although mounting evidence suggests the ubiquity of microplastic in aquatic ecosystems worldwide, our knowledge of its distribution in remote environments such as Polar Regions and the deep sea is scarce. Here, we analyzed nine sediment samples taken at the HAUSGARTEN observatory in the Arctic at 2,...