European beach litter standardized, harmonized and validated datasets 2001/2020 v2021

EMODnet Chemistry aims to provide access to marine chemistry data sets and derived data products concerning eutrophication, ocean acidification, contaminants and litter. The chosen parameters are relevant for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), in particular for descriptors 5, 8, 9 and 10. The dataset contains standardized, harmonized and validated data collections from beach litter (monitoring and other sources). Datasets concerning beach and seafloor litter data are loaded in a central database after a semi-automated validation phase. Once loaded, a data assessment is performed in order to check data consistency and potential errors are corrected thanks to a feedback loop with data originators. For beach litter, the harmonized datasets contain all unrestricted or SeaDataNet License EMODnet Chemistry data on beach litter data, including 12390 CDI records, in which 11152 refer to monitoring data, 1208 to data from cleaning surveys and 29 to data from research. A relevant part of the monitoring data has been considered for assessment purposes by the European institutions and therefore is tagged as MSFD_monitoring. The temporal range for monitoring data is from 2001-01-01 to 2020-08-26 and includes data from 582 beaches. For data from cleaning, the temporal range is from 2013-03-12 to 2020-04-22 and includes data from 831 beaches. For data from research, the temporal range is from 2014-04-07 to 2016-10-12 and includes data from 21 beaches. EMODnet beach litter data and databases are hosted and maintained by 'Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Division of Oceanography (OGS/NODC)' from Italy. Data are formatted following Guidelines and forms for gathering marine litter data, which can be found at: https://doi.org/10.6092/15c0d34c-a01a-4091-91ac-7c4f561ab508. The updated vocabularies of admitted values are available in https://nodc.ogs.it/marinelitter/vocab. The harmonized datasets can be downloaded as EMODnet Beach litter data format Version 1.0, which is a spreadsheet file composed of 4 sheets: beach metadata, survey metadata, animals and litter. The original datasets can be searched and downloaded from EMODnet Chemistry Chemistry CDI Data and Discovery Access Service: https://emodnet-chemistry.maris.nl/search

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Publisher Blue-Cloud Data Discovery & Access service; EMODnet Chemistry
Contributor EMODnet Chemistry; National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography; Aarhus University,Danish Centre for Environment and Energy; Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Marine Ecology Aarhus; ARPA Emilia-Romagna - Struttura Oceanografica Daphne; Black Sea Basin Directorate; Black Sea NGO Network; Cedre / Cedre; Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection; Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Division of Marine Biology and Ecology; Environment and Resources Authority; EUCC - The Coastal Union Germany; Foundation for Environmental Education — Latvia; Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography (HCMR/IO); French Agency For Biodiversity; Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia; Institute of Marine Biology (IMBK); Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries; Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IO-BAS); International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES); Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Science and Management; Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Centre of Relations with UNESCO Oceanological Research Centre and GeoDNA (UNESCO); Jordsand Association; Keep the Archipelago Tidy Association; Keep the Estonian Sea Tidy Association; Legambiente; Directorate for Coast and Sea Sustainability. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA); Marine Conservation Society; Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development; National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"; National Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology; National Park Authority Vorpommern; Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Germany; Norwegian Environment Agency; Office of Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park; Portuguese Environment Agency; Regional School "Windland" Altenkirchen; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve Office; State Agency for Environment, Nature and Geology, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; State Oceanographic Institute (SOI); State Office for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of Schleswig Holstein (LLUR); The Danish Environmental Protection Agency; The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation; Ukrainian scientific center of Ecology of Sea (UkrSCES); University of Patras, Department of Geology, Laboratory of Marine Geology and Physical Oceanography (ETHAGEPHO/UP); UNKNOWN; Isotech Ltd Environmental Research and Consultancy; Aegean Greeners; Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation; ARPA Calabria; ARPA Liguria; Asociación Vertidos Cero; ECAT-Environmental Center for Administration & Technology; Estonian Green Movement; European Environment Agency; eXXpedition; Hold Danmark Rent; KIMO Denmark; KIMO International Secretariat; Marine Research Institute of Klaipeda University; Maritime Training Center for Pollution Prevention, Safety at Sea and Environmental Awareness; Mer-Terre; National Institute of Chemistry; Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, Marine Conservation Office; Non-governmental environmental organization "Mare Nostrum"; OceanCare; Plastic Change; Portuguese Association for Marine Litter, APLM; Surfers Against Sewage; Surfrider Foundation Europe; The North Sea Foundation; Treanbeg Marine
Publication Year 2024
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Discipline Marine Science
Spatial Coverage (-53.602W, 28.394S, 41.770E, 81.686N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z