Microplastic concentrations in the surface sediment of Xialiao Beach, New Taipei City, Taiwan from 2017-07-06 to 2017-07-25 (NCEI Accession 0277996)

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This study estimated the concentration of microplastics (i.e. plastics measuring less than 5mm, reported in unit of pieces/m3) in the surface sediments of Xialiao Beach, New Taipei City, Taiwan from 2017-07-06 to 2017-07-25. Microplastic data were collected using a metal scoop. This dataset contains the results from all 80 surface sediment samples, in a spreadsheet format.

Microplastic concentrations on beaches along the western Gulf of Thailand during 2019-09-22 (NCEI Accession 0278060)

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This study estimated the concentration of microplastics (i.e. plastics measuring less than 5mm, reported in unit of pieces/kg d.w.) on beaches along the western Gulf of Thailand during 2019-09-22. Microplastic data were collected using a metal spoon. This dataset contains the results from all 25 beach samples, in a spreadsheet format.

Microplastics concentration in the northern South China Sea from 2018-08-07 to 2018-08-22 (NCEI Accession 0276267)

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This study was carried out to estimate the microplastics (i.e. plastics measuring less than 5mm, reported in unit of pieces/m^3) concentration in the northern South China Sea. Microplastics data was collected from 2018-08-07 to 2018-08-22 using stainless steel buckets. This dataset contains the results from all 69 sampling efforts, in a spreadsheet format.

Abundance of microplastics in beaches along the Thoothukudi coast, Gulf of Mannar region, India, during 2021-01-03 to 2021-06-08 (NCEI Accession 0282703)

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This study estimated the concentration of microplastics (i.e. plastics measuring less than 5mm; reported in unit of items/kg d.w) in beach sediments along the Thoothukudi coast, Gulf of Mannar region, India, during 2021-01-03 to 2021-06-08. Microplastics in the sediments were collected using a shovel. This dataset contains the results from all 36 sediment samples, in a spreadsheet format.

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

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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.

Microplastics abundance in surface waters from the Northwest Pacific, the Bering Sea, and the Chukchi Sea from 2017-07-28 to 2017-10-01 (NCEI Accession 0259525)

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This study estimated the load of surface microplastics (i.e. plastics less than 5mm, reported in unit of pieces/m^3) in the surface waters from the Northwest Pacific, the Bering Sea, and the Chukchi Sea from 2017-07-28 to 2017-10-01. Microplastics data were collected using manta net aboard R/V Xuelong. This dataset contains the results from all 13 surface net tows, in a spreadsheet format. Tows were conducted for 20 min at an average cruising speed of 3 knots.

Floating microplastics concentration in the northwestern Pacific Ocean from 2017-08-28 to 2017-09-24 (NCEI Accession 0276021)

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This study was carried out to estimate the floating microplastics (i.e. plastics measuring less than 5mm, reported in unit of pieces/m^3) concentration in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Microplastics data was collected from 2017-08-28 to 2017-09-24 using a manta net. This dataset contains the results from all 18 sampling stations, in a spreadsheet format.

Estimations of plastic debris at Maracas Beach, north coast of Trinidad collected from 2015-09-27 to 2016-02-22 (NCEI Accession 0280519)

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This study estimated the amount of microplastics (i.e. plastics measuring less than 5 mm; reported in unit of pieces/m2), mesoplastics (i.e. plastics measuring 5-20 mm; reported in unit of counts/m2), macroplastics (i.e. plastics measuring 20-100 mm; reported in unit of counts/m2), and megaplastics (i.e. plastics measuring over 100 mm; reported in unit of counts/m2) in Maracas Beach, a micro-tidal recreational beach located on the north coast of Trinidad. These plastics were collected from 2015-09-27 to 2016-02-22 during multiple beach profile surveys. This dataset contains the results from all 18 beach surveys, in a spreadsheet format.

Microplastic concentrations in surface water, beach sediment and crude salt in the northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh coast collected from 2019-03-22 to 2020-01-05 (NCEI Accession 0277997)

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This study estimated the concentration of microplastics (i.e. plastics measuring less than 5mm) in the surface water (reported in unit of pieces/m3), beach sediments (reported in unit of pieces/m3), and crude salt (reported in unit of pieces/kg), in the northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh coast during 2019-03-22 to 2020-01-05. Microplastics in the surface water were collected using a manta net while those in the sediment and crude salt were collected using a trowel. This dataset contains the results from all 18 surface water, 60 sediment, and 27 crude salt samples, in a spreadsheet format.

Surface microplastics concentration collected from MV Maersk Transporter in the North Pacific Ocean from 2018-11-01 to 2018-12-04 (NCEI Accession 0276266)

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This study was carried out to estimate the surface microplastics (plastics from size 0.5mm to 5mm, reported in unit of pieces/m^3) concentration in the North Pacific Ocean. Microplastics data was collected from 2018-11-01 to 2018-12-04 aboard MV Maersk Transporter, using a manta net. This dataset contains the results from all 16 sampling efforts, in a spreadsheet format.