Details of Marine Litter in the Croatian Coastal Waters – Micro-litter in Biota (fishes)

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Dataset identification

Title of datasetMarine Litter in the Croatian Coastal Waters – Micro-litter in Biota (fishes)
Narrative summary of datasetThe dataset was collected and created through DeFishGear project from 2013 to 2017. The current dataset contains data on microlitter from the fishes collected on the Croatian open and coastal marine waters.
Supporting documentationSea surface-beach sediments-protocol
Project/programmeDerelict Fishing Gear Management System in the Adriatic Region
Start date2013-07-22
End date2017-09-23
Frequency of observationsyear to sub-decade

Responsible organisations

CountryCroatia
Organisation nameInstitute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Role of organisationOriginator of Dataset
CountryCroatia
Organisation nameInstitute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Role of organisationDataset Holding Organisation

Dataset availability

Original dataset download linkhttps://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/HS4bkvEqdzZ4JFA
Date of original dataset publication2018-06-08
Dataset formatDelimited
Public accessNo limitations
License for useCC BY-SA 4.0
TypeDataset

Locations

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Latitude north boundary45.377830241495
Longitude east boundary18.501934368023
Latitude south boundary42.434221963486
Longitude west boundary13.096660930523
Coordinate reference systemWorld Geodetic System 84
Sea areaAdriatic Sea

Data types, collection and processing

Observation typePollution
ParameterLitter abundance and type
Data quality processing informationThe methodology followed the „Monitoring microplastic litter in biota” that was prepared within the framework of the DeFishGear project and has been based on the EU MSFD TG10 “Guidance on Monitoring of Marine Litter in European Seas (2013)”.

Process information

Submitting organisationInstitute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Submission identifier (UUID)2c769da3-740e-4b9b-868d-9f370eb56bb5
Date of dataset creation2017-11-01
Date of metadata creation2018-05-23
Date of metadata latest revision2018-05-23
Date of publishing2018-06-08
Processing data centreInstitute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Summary record-ID178