Microplastics studies in Southeast Australian waters (NESP MaC 1.18)
A review of peer-reviewed publications was undertaken, focusing on coastal and marine microplastics relevant to South Eastern Australia (South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales), as well as from ongoing citizen science programmes from AUSMAP. This dataset summarises basic information about the microplastics studies: the location of the study; if the study focused on water, sediment or biota; the type of biota (for biotic studies); and the DOI of the publication.
Although the primary focus of this study was restricted to southeastern Australia, studies collated from other regions have also been included in this dataset. The outcomes of the literature review for other regions (QLD, NT, SA, WA, Tas) should not be considered comprehensive.
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2022-03-03
Principal investigator
Collaborator
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Environment
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2021-12-31
- Maintenance and update frequency
- none-planned
Resource format
- Date
- Keywords (Theme)
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- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
- Microplastics
- NASA/GCMD Keywords, Version 8.5
Resource constraints
- Other constraints
- This dataset is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of The University of Adelaide and NESP Marine and Coastal Hub Project 1.18.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- Data was sourced from the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub – the Marine and Coastal Hub is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP), administered by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE).
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
- Name
-
Study Information
- Name
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Study ID
- Name
- Study location
Distribution Information
- OnLine resource
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DATA ACCESS - Microplastics studies synthesis [direct download]
- OnLine resource
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NESP:NESP_MaC_1_18_Microplastics_studies
MAP - Location and type of microplastics studies (for use in desktop GIS)
- OnLine resource
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View and interact with data in Seamap Australia portal
- OnLine resource
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REPORT - View final report for project
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Data was collected by reviewing published literature, and information therein, as well as information shared from NGOs. The decision was made to only include peer-reviewed literature in this synthesis, but other information is available from NGO sources; e.g. citizen science surveys: Australian Marine Debris Database Ausmap (https://amdi.tangaroablue.org/); AUSMAP (https://www.ausmap.org/). The mapping layer (WMS) linked from this record contains a summarised version of the full dataset. Please see the "Online resources" section to download the full dataset.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/c746da08-80d0-4044-a2b6-8f745035d386
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/c746da08-80d0-4044-a2b6-8f745035d386
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2015-05-06T11:44:25
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-09-08T18:10:46
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018