A multilevel dataset of microplastic abundance in the world’s upper ocean and the Laurentian Great Lakes
| Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-12 |
| Language | English |
| Author(s) | Isobe Atsuhiko 1, Azuma Takafumi2, Cordova Muhammad Reza3, Cózar Andrés4, Galgani Francois5, Hagita Ryuichi6, Kanhai La Daana7, Imai Keiri8, Iwasaki Shinsuke9, Kako Shin’ichro10, Kozlovskii Nikolai11, Lusher Amy L.12, 13, Mason Sherri A.14, Michida Yutaka15, Mituhasi Takahisa2, Morii Yasuhiro16, Mukai Tohru17, Popova Anna11, Shimizu Kenichi18, Tokai Tadashi19, Uchida Keiichi19, Yagi Mitsuharu18, Zhang Weiwei20 |
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-Koen, Kasuga, 816-8580, Japan 2 : Training Vessel Kagoshima maru, Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University, 4-50-20 Shimoarata, Kagoshima, 890-0056, Japan 3 : Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jl. Pasir Putih 1, Ancol Timur, Jakarta, 14430, Indonesia 4 : Departamento de Biología, University of Cadiz and European University of the Seas (SEA-EU), Instituto Universitario de Investigación Marina (INMAR), E-11510, Puerto Real, Spain 5 : IFREMER, Laboratoire LER/PAC, immeuble Agostini ZI Furiani, 20600, Bastia, France 6 : Training and research Vessel Umitaka maru, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan 7 : Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, W.I, Trinidad and Tobago 8 : School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1, Minato-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 041-8611, Japan 9 : Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region, 1-3-1-34 Toyohira, Sapporo, 062-8602, Japan 10 : Department of Engineering, Ocean Civil Engineering Program, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, 890-0054, Japan 11 : Pacific Geographical Institute, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Radio 7, 690041, Vladivostok, Russia 12 : Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Gaustadalléen 21, Oslo, Norway 13 : Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Postboks 7803, 5020, Bergen, Norway 14 : Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College, 4701 College Dr, Erie, PA, 16563, USA 15 : Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-8564, Japan 16 : Faculty of Fisheries, T/S Nagasaki-Maru, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo machi, Nagasaki city, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan 17 : Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1, Minato-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 041-8611, Japan 18 : Institute of Integrated Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo machi, Nagasaki city, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan 19 : Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan 20 : National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Linghe Street 42, Dalian, 116023, China |
| Source | Microplastics and Nanoplastics (2662-4966) (Springer Science and Business Media LLC), 2021-12 , Vol. 1 , N. 1 , P. 16 (14p.) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s43591-021-00013-z |
| Keyword(s) | Microplastic abundance, 2D maps in the world’s ocean, Multilevel dataset |
| Abstract | A total of 8218 pelagic microplastic samples from the world’s oceans were synthesized to create a dataset composed of raw, calibrated, processed, and gridded data which are made available to the public. The raw microplastic abundance data were obtained by different research projects using surface net tows or continuous seawater intake. Fibrous microplastics were removed from the calibrated dataset. Microplastic abundance which fluctuates due to vertical mixing under different oceanic conditions was standardized. An optimum interpolation method was used to create the gridded data; in total, there were 24.4 trillion pieces (8.2 × 104 ~ 57.8 × 104 tons) of microplastics in the world’s upper oceans. |
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