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OAS accession Detail for 0289931, meta_version: 7. Current meta_version is: 7
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0289931 | archive
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| Title: |
Microplastic concentrations in Sardinella maderensis, Sardinella aurita and Dentex angolensis from the Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Ghana collected during 2019-04-06 (NCEI Accession 0289931) |
| Abstract: |
This study estimated the concentration of microplastics (i.e. plastics measuring less than 5mm; reported in unit of counts of microplastics/individual fish) in the gastrointestinal tracts of three fish species; Sardinella maderensis (Madeiran sardine), Sardinella aurita (round sardine) and Dentex angolensis (Angolan Dentex) from the Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Ghana collected during 2019-04-06. The fishes were caught with purse seine net. 155 fish specimens were obtained from 50 fishing boats at the Tema Fishing Harbor using a random sampling approach, where samples were taken from the first and fifth boats for every five boat landings. Total body length (cm) and body weight (g) were measured for each fish prior to dissection. This dataset contains the results of individual microplastic types from all 77 S. maderensis, 50 S. aurita and 28 D. angolensis samples, in a spreadsheet format. |
| Date received: |
20240510 |
| Start date: |
20190406 |
| End date: |
20190406 |
| Seanames: |
Gulf of Guinea |
| West boundary: |
-0.016711 |
| East boundary: |
-0.016711 |
| North boundary: |
5.606 |
| South boundary: |
5.606 |
| Observation types: |
in situ, laboratory analyses
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| Instrument types: |
microscope |
| Datatypes: |
biological data, microplastic concentration, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT
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| Submitter: |
Mahu, Dr Edem |
| Submitting institution: |
University of Ghana |
| Collecting institutions: |
University of Ghana |
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| Platforms: |
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| Number of observations: |
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| Supplementary information: |
Submission Package ID: 4M115G. In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number. |
| Availability date: |
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| Metadata version: |
7 |
| Keydate: |
2024-03-06 16:15:27+00 |
| Editdate: |
2024-05-10 20:44:32+00 |