From Australian Oceans Data Network

Marine plastics found at Heard Island and Macquarie Island

Created 13/03/2025

Updated 13/03/2025

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 notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/3acc00aa-21f4-4975-8082-ab1387123894
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CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1986 - 31/12/1989
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[73.23212, -53.20768], [73.84186, -53.20768], [73.84186, -52.95195], [73.23212, -52.95195], [73.23212, -53.20768]]]}
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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Marine plastics found at Heard Island and Macquarie Island". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/marine-plastics-found-at-heard-island-and-macquarie-island1