Details of Microlitter particles in water surface sampled with ferrybox in Danish waters 2019 - 2020

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Title of datasetMicrolitter particles in water surface sampled with ferrybox in Danish waters 2019 - 2020
Narrative summary of datasetIn a pilot study, microlitter was sampled with a Ferry Box system on the commercial ferry (M/S Color Line Fantasy) between Oslo and Kiel. The system acquired samples in the Danish part of the Skagerrak and Kattegat. In total thirteen samples were collected from September 2019 to February 2020 using mesh sizes 100 and 500 µm. Eleven samples were successfully processed. The samples were subsequently processed and analysed for chemical composition using FTIR. Microplastic amounts found ranged from 0 to 1.85 fragments or fibers per m3 (average 0.71 per m3).
Supporting documentationProject report
Start date2019-09-04
End date2020-02-26

Responsible organisations

CountryDenmark
Organisation nameThe Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Role of organisationDataset Holding Organisation

Dataset availability

Original dataset download linkhttps://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/TTFTKElZRRj9G0l
Dataset formatExcel/delimited
Public accessNo limitations
License for useODC-By
TypeDataset

Locations

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Latitude north boundary59.9226916503
Longitude east boundary11.180645037302
Latitude south boundary54.24293684019
Longitude west boundary10.442364323744
Sea areaStorebaelt
Kattegat

Data types, collection and processing

Observation typePollution
ParameterSuspended particulate material grain size parameters
Micro-litter in water bodies

Process information

Submitting organisationAarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Marine Ecology Roskilde
Submission identifier (UUID)3fc2c370-ce1a-4b9f-becd-ac675431ffb2
Date of dataset creation2021-10-08
Date of metadata creation2021-10-25
Date of metadata latest revision2022-10-27
Date of publishing2022-10-27
Processing data centreAarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Marine Ecology Roskilde
Summary record-ID1142