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OAS accession Detail for 0279325
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0279325 | archive
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| Title: |
Estimations of floating microplastics, mesoplastics, and macroplastics around Kuroshio Current, western North Pacific collected from 2014-02-03 to 2014-03-01 (NCEI Accession 0279325) |
| Abstract: |
This study estimated the concentration of floating microplastics (i.e. plastics measuring less than 5 mm; reported in unit of counts/km2), mesoplastics (i.e. plastics measuring 5-25 mm; reported in unit of counts/km2), and macroplastics (i.e. plastics measuring greater than 25 mm; reported in unit of counts/km2) around Kuroshio Current, western North Pacific collected from 2014-02-03 to 2014-03-01. These plastics in the surface water were collected using a neuston net (450 µm mesh size) by horizontally towing the net over the sea surface for 10 min at a ship speed of approximately three knots at each station. This dataset contains the results from all 132 surface water samples, in a spreadsheet format. |
| Date received: |
20230612 |
| Start date: |
20140203 |
| End date: |
20140301 |
| Seanames: |
East China Sea (Tung Hai), North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea
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| West boundary: |
130 |
| East boundary: |
141.008333 |
| North boundary: |
35.001667 |
| South boundary: |
28.998333 |
| Observation types: |
in situ, laboratory analyses
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| Instrument types: |
Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer, microscope, Neuston net
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| Datatypes: |
microplastic concentration |
| Submitter: |
Thushari, Dr Gajahin Gamage Nadeeka |
| Submitting institution: |
University of Tokyo |
| Collecting institutions: |
University of Tokyo |
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| Platforms: |
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| Number of observations: |
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| Supplementary information: |
Submission Package ID: TTMNDE |
| Availability date: |
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| Metadata version: |
3 |
| Keydate: |
2023-06-20 00:31:23+00 |
| Editdate: |
2023-06-22 16:28:36+00 |