b2d62c85-6acc-4d13-990f-7ee6257335c0 urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-23T08:05:54 creation ISO 19115 2016 Marine Plastic Pollution in Waters around Australia b2d62c85-6acc-4d13-990f-7ee6257335c0 This data describes the characterisation and estimated concentration of marine plastics in waters around Australia from surface net tows. The marine plastics recorded were predominantly small fragments (‘‘microplastics’’) resulting from the breakdown of larger objects made of polyethylene and polypropylene (e.g. packaging and fishing items). This data accompanies the following publication: Reisser J, Shaw J, Wilcox C, Hardesty BD, Proietti M, et al. (2013) Marine Plastic Pollution in Waters around Australia: Characteristics, Concentrations, and Pathways. PLoS ONE 8(11): e80466. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080466 {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[113.91275, -43.5773], [176.50677, -43.5773], [176.50677, -10.74822], [113.91275, -10.74822], [113.91275, -43.5773]]]} 113.91275 176.50677 -43.5773 -10.74822 Sea surface plastic concentration marine debris microplastics pollution DATA ACCESS collection 1 [Australia-wide] - via figshare documentDigital HTML DATA ACCESS collection 2 [additional data for north-west Marine Region] - via figshare documentDigital HTML SUPPLEMENTARY DATA ACCESS - information related to the types of marine plastics collected during the study [direct download] documentDigital HTML imas:Marine_Plastics documentDigital MAP - location of net tows WMS imas:Marine_Plastics documentDigital This OGC WFS service returns the data in subsettable CSV format. WFS ORCID ID documentDigital HTML ORCID ID documentDigital HTML ORCID ID documentDigital HTML ORCID ID documentDigital HTML ORCID ID documentDigital HTML ORCID ID documentDigital HTML ORCID ID documentDigital HTML ORCID ID documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital License Graphic PNG Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML