Surface microplastics abundance in the Maowei Sea, a semi-closed mariculture bay in China, collected on 2017-10-11 (NCEI Accession 0280675)

This study estimated the concentration of surface microplastics (i.e. plastics measuring less than 5 mm; reported in unit of particles/L) in the Maowei Sea, a semi-closed mariculture bay in China. The data was collected on 2017-10-11 using a 5L stainless steel sampler. This dataset contains the results from all 23 surface water samples, in a spreadsheet format.

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Temporal extent2017-10-11 – 2017-10-11
Date (publication)2023-07-28
Date (creation)2023-07-28
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyasNeeded
LicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-05
Created2026-11-05
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