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• Atlantic Canada Marine Plastic Research Project (2017-2020)

  CIOOS-Atlantic

  The purpose of the Atlantic Canada Microplastic Research Project (2017-2020) is to determine the quantity of microplastics in 3 near-shore communities of Atlantic Canada. Data will be used to better inform the conversation and solutions around plastic…

  Sea StateMarine debris ERDDAPHTMLPDF

• Portrait of Plastic Pollution in Eastern Canada: From the Great Lakes to Newfoundland

  St. Lawrence Global Observatory

  The increase in the occurrence of plastic pollution in the environment of the St. Lawrence watershed in recent decades makes it imperative to take a systemic approach to managing plastic pollution in Eastern Canada. A comprehensive assessment of the prevalence…

  OtherMarine debris CSVJPEGPDFZIP

• Microplastic distributions from the 2019 Gulf of Alaska International Year of the Salmon Expedition

  CIOOS-Pacific

  Data were collected on the relative abundance and weight of microplastics (0.05-0.15 cm and 0.15-0.5 cm) and mesoplastics (0.5-1.5 cm and 1.5-5 cm). The sampling was done using a Hydro-Bios neuston trawl (mouth opening of 70 cm x 40 cm), with a 260 cm long…

  Particulate matterOtherMarine debris HTMLPDF

• A Quantitative Baseline Survey of the Ichthyoplankton, Invertebrate Zooplankton and Microplastics in Saint John Harbour

  St. Lawrence Global Observatory

  This study was part of the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program Initiative under the Oceans Protection Plan of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, which aimed to collect a baseline of data on the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick. It aimed to provide updated…

  Sea Surface SalinitySea Surface TemperatureSubsurface SalinitySubsurface TemperatureZooplankton biomass and diversityFish abundance and distributionMarine debris CSVODSPDFZIP