Beach, intertidal and subtidal plastics surveys in Frobisher Bay, 2017

Macroscopic plastic contamination of beach and intertidal habitats near Iqaluit were surveyed with students from Nunavut Arctic College environmental technology program. Subtidal plastics were surveyed in Frobisher Bay using sediment samples and drop video camera surveys, carried out from the Nunavu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Edinger, Evan, Bradshaw, Hillary, Liboiron, Max
Other Authors: Ham, Linda, Kennedy, Janelle, Shirley, Jamal, Tremblay, Tommy
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Polar Data Catalogue 2019
Subjects:
Citizen science
Frobisher Bay
Iqaluit
Microplastics
Plastics
Frobisher Bay, Nunavut, Canada
environment
Arctic
Nunavut
Canada
Online Access:https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/PDCSearchDOI.jsp?doi_id=13017
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Summary:Macroscopic plastic contamination of beach and intertidal habitats near Iqaluit were surveyed with students from Nunavut Arctic College environmental technology program. Subtidal plastics were surveyed in Frobisher Bay using sediment samples and drop video camera surveys, carried out from the Nunavut Fisheries Research Vessel MV Nuliajuk.

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