La Beur, Laura; Henry, Lea-Anne; Kazanidis, Georgios; Hennige, Sebastian; McDonald, Alison; Shaver, Michael; Roberts, J Murray (2019): Ingested microplastics identified from macrobenthos collected during the RRS Discovery D340b Research Cruise to the Mingulay Reef Complex (Outer Hebrides, western Scotland, northeast Atlantic) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.897250, Supplement to: La Beur, Laura; Henry, Lea-Anne; Kazanidis, Georgios; Hennige, Sebastian; McDonald, Alison; Roberts, J Murray (2019): Baseline Assessment of Marine Litter and Microplastic Ingestion by Cold-Water Coral Reef Benthos at the East Mingulay Marine Protected Area (Sea of the Hebrides, Western Scotland). Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 80, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00080
Always quote citation above when using data! You can download the citation in several formats below.
Abstract:
Analyzing historic cruise data for microplastics is an effective way to create baseline level understanding of microplastic pollution through time. This study analyzed 112 benthic specimens gut contents for ingestion of microplastics. These specimens were collected as part of a research cruise on the RRS Discovery D340b from 26 June to 4 July 2009 as part of the Oceans 2025 programme, the cruise Chief Scientist being Mark Inall. Out of the 112 specimens dissected, only 9 contained microplastic samples. These samples were photographed and their microplastic signatures were analysed using Raman Spectroscopy.
Project(s):
Funding:
Horizon 2020 (H2020), grant/award no. 678760: A Trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 56.814360 * Median Longitude: -7.415540 * South-bound Latitude: 56.801500 * West-bound Longitude: -7.453300 * North-bound Latitude: 56.823200 * East-bound Longitude: -7.390500
Minimum DEPTH, water: 108 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 165 m
Event(s):
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | La Beur, Laura | |||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | La Beur, Laura | |||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | La Beur, Laura | |||
| 4 | Station label | Station | La Beur, Laura | |||
| 5 | DEPTH, water | Depth water | m | La Beur, Laura | Geocode | |
| 6 | File name | File name | La Beur, Laura | |||
| 7 | Uniform resource locator/link to file | URL file | La Beur, Laura | |||
| 8 | Species | Species | La Beur, Laura | |||
| 9 | Type | Type | La Beur, Laura | Type of microparticle | ||
| 10 | Color description | Color desc | La Beur, Laura | |||
| 11 | Size | Size | mm | La Beur, Laura | Scale |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Size:
63 data points
Data
| 1 Event | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 Station | 5 Depth water [m] | 6 File name | 7 URL file | 8 Species | 9 Type | 10 Color desc | 11 Size [mm] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D340b_1485 | 56.8230 | -7.3905 | 1485 | 127 | Photo_A | Photo_A.png | Ophiactis balli | Microplastic | Red | 0.1 |
| D340b_1485 | 56.8230 | -7.3905 | 1485 | 127 | Photo_A | Photo_A.png | Ophiactis balli | Microfiber | Blue | 0.1 |
| D340b_1485 | 56.8230 | -7.3905 | 1485 | 127 | Photo_B | Photo_B.png | Parazoanthus anguicomus | Microfiber | Red | 0.2 |
| D340b_1485 | 56.8230 | -7.3905 | 1485 | 127 | Photo_C | Photo_C.png | Serpula vermicularis | Microfiber | Black | 0.2 |
| D340b_1487 | 56.8039 | -7.4456 | 1487 | 138 | Photo_D | Photo_D.png | Parazoanthus anguicomus | Microfiber | Blue | 0.2 |
| D340b_1490 | 56.8015 | -7.4533 | 1490 | 165 | Photo_E | Photo_E.png | Parazoanthus anguicomus | Microfiber | Blue | 0.2 |
| D340b_1491 | 56.8202 | -7.3928 | 1491 | 108 | Photo_F | Photo_F.png | Modiolula phaseolina | Microfiber | Blue | 0.5 |
| D340b_1495 | 56.8232 | -7.3955 | 1495 | 134 | Photo_G | Photo_G.png | Modiolula phaseolina | Microfiber | Blue | 0.2 |
| D340b_1495 | 56.8232 | -7.3955 | 1495 | 134 | Photo_H | Photo_H.png | Ophiactis balli | Microfiber | Black | 0.2 |
