Pelagic distribution of microplastics collected from RV Pelagia in the North Atlantic Ocean from 2020-11-06 to 2020-11-29 (NCEI Accession 0276265)

This study was carried out to estimate the pelagic microplastics (plastics from size 0.5mm to 5mm, reported in unit of pieces/m^3) concentration in the North Atlantic Ocean. Microplastics data was collected from 2020-11-06 to 2020-11-29 aboard RV Pelagia, using a manta net. This dataset contains the results from all 36 sampling efforts, in a spreadsheet format.

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Temporal extent2020-11-06 – 2020-11-29
Date (publication)2023-01-10
Date (creation)2023-01-10
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyasNeeded
LicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-05
Created2026-11-05
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