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Marine plastics found at Heard Island and Macquarie Island

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This project monitored plastics at the four-bays area on Heard Island and at Sandell Bay on Macquarie Island. It characterised plastics by infra-red spectroscopy both from the beach collection and small pieces from fur-seal stomachs and cormorant boluses. The aim was to assess human impact on the ocean by measuring plastic abundance and type.

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Title Marine plastics found at Heard Island and Macquarie Island
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/5769414e-c988-4ca0-aeae-9d5318cf1a20
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1986 - 31/12/1989
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Marine plastics found at Heard Island and Macquarie Island". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/marine-plastics-found-at-heard-island-and-macquarie-island1