Ingested microplastics identified from macrobenthos collected during the RRS Discovery D340b Research Cruise to the Mingulay Reef Complex (Outer Hebrides, western Scotland, northeast Atlantic)

• Main Authors: La Beur, Laura, Henry, Lea-Anne, Kazanidis, Georgios, Hennige, Sebastian, McDonald, Alison, Shaver, Michael, Roberts, J Murray
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: ATLAS; A Trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe; Color description; D340b_1485; D340b_1487; D340b_1490; D340b_1491; D340b_1495; DEPTH; water; Event label; File name; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Size; Species; Station label; Type; Uniform resource locator/link to file; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.897250; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.897250

Analyzing historic cruise data for microplastics is an effective way to create baseline level understanding of microplastic pollution through time. This study analyzed 112 benthic specimens gut contents for ingestion of microplastics. These specimens were collected as part of a research cruise on th...