Abundances of small microplastics (S-MP, 11-500 µm) in surface waters of the Weser estuary and the German North Sea (April 2018)

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In order to assess pollution with small microplastics (S-MP, 11-500 µm) in the Lower Weser and transition to the German North Sea, surface water samples were collected with the RV Otzum (ICBM, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment), as well as with the RV Uthörn (AWI, Alfred-Wegener-Institute) in April 2018. Sampling was performed using a pumping system containing of a floating suction basket (mesh size: 500 µm) for pre-filtration, followed by the concentration onto a 15 µm stainless steel screen. Samples were isolated from the filter screens in the laboratory, thoroughly processed and measured via µFTIR imaging. Dominant polymer type in the S-MP sample fraction was acrylates/polyurethanes/varnish, and concentrations ranged between 2.3 × 10¹ and 9.7 × 10³ m⁻³, with maximum values in the area of the turbidity Maximum Zone of the River Weser.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.937685
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117681
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Creator Roscher, Lisa ORCID logo; Fehres, Annika; Reisel, Lorenz; Halbach, Maurits; Scholz-Böttcher, Barbara ORCID logo; Gerriets, Michaela; Badewien, Thomas H ORCID logo; Shiravani, Gholamreza (ORCID: 0000-0002-7411-978X); Wurpts, Andreas ORCID logo; Primpke, Sebastian ORCID logo; Gerdts, Gunnar ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2021
Funding Reference Federal Ministry of Education and Research https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 Crossref Funder ID 03F0789B https://foerderportal.bund.de/foekat/jsp/SucheAction.do?actionMode=view&fkz=03F0789B Mikroplastikkontamination im Modellsystem Weser – Nationalpark Wattenmeer: ein ökosystemübergreifender Ansatz; Federal Ministry of Education and Research https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 Crossref Funder ID 03F0789E https://foerderportal.bund.de/foekat/jsp/SucheAction.do?actionMode=view&fkz=03F0789E Mikroplastikkontamination im Modellsystem Weser – Nationalpark Wattenmeer: ein ökosystemübergreifender Ansatz; Federal Ministry of Education and Research https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 Crossref Funder ID 03F0789F https://foerderportal.bund.de/foekat/jsp/SucheAction.do?actionMode=view&fkz=03F0789F Mikroplastikkontamination im Modellsystem Weser – Nationalpark Wattenmeer: ein ökosystemübergreifender Ansatz
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 598 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (7.657W, 53.059S, 8.871E, 53.992N); Jade Bay; Weser, Germany, Europe; North Sea margin
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-04-05T04:25:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-04-19T15:43:00Z