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Marine Plastic Pollution in Waters around Australia

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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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

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Title Marine Plastic Pollution in Waters around Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b2d62c85-6acc-4d13-990f-7ee6257335c0
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
jureisser@gmail.com
Reference Period 02/09/2013 - 08/09/2013
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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        113.91275,
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      ],
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        176.50677,
        -43.5773
      ],
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        -10.74822
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    ]
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  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Marine Plastic Pollution in Waters around Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/marine-plastic-pollution-in-waters-around-australia