Microplastic concentration in Great Barrier Reef from 2020-03-16 to 2020-03-24 (NCEI Accession 0279321)

This study estimated the concentration of floating microplastics (i.e. plastics measuring less than 5mm; reported in unit of pieces/m3) in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia collected from 2020-03-16 to 2020-03-24. Microplastics in the surface water were collected using a manta net. This dataset contains the results from all 16 surface water samples, in a spreadsheet format.

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Temporal extent2020-03-16 – 2020-03-24
Date (publication)2023-06-23
Date (creation)2023-06-23
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyasNeeded
LicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-05
Created2026-11-05
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