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Citation:	Duncan, Emily M; Deniz Akbora, Hasan; Baldi, Patrizia; Beton, Damla; Broderick, Annette C; Cicek, Burak Ali; Crowe-Harland, Charlotte; Davey, Sophie; DeSerisy, Tess; Fuller, Wayne J; Haywood, Julia C; Hsieh, Yu Jou; Kaya, Ecem; Omeyer, Lucy C M; Ozkan, Meryem; Palmer, Josie L; Roast, Emma; Santillo, David; Schneider, M Jesse; Snape, Robin T E; Sutherland, Katrina C; Godley, Brendan J (2024): Polymers identified in loggerhead turtles (Carretta caretta) stranded or bycaught in North Cyprus, eastern Mediterranean [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.965691
Abstract:	Observations of investigations for plastic ingestion in loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta), stranded or bycaught on the coastline of North Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean). A total of 135 loggerhead turtles were sampled spanning a period of 11 years (2012-2022). During necropsy, the entire gastrointestinal tract was removed and initial contents weighed. The contents were grossly examined then rinsed through a 1 mm mesh sieve to separate and remove the plastic for classification and dietary items for storage and analysis. Ingested plastic was classified using a system outlined in Duncan et al. (2019, doi:10.1038/s41598-019-48086-4; 2021, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.699521) which builds upon the Fulmar Protocol and MSFD (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) Marine Litter Report 2011 (Descriptor 10) toolkits (Galgani et al., 2014, doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.02.003; van Franeker et al., 2011, doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.008).
Keyword(s):	bioindicators; Marine Debris; marine turtles; Plastic litter; Plastic pollution
Supplement to:	Duncan, Emily M; Akbora, Hasan Deniz; Baldi, Patrizia; Beton, Damla; Broderick, Annette C; Cicek, Burak Ali; Crowe-Harland, Charlotte; Davey, Sophie; DeSerisy, Tess; Fuller, Wayne J; Haywood, Julia C; Hsieh, Yu Jou; Kaya, Ecem; Omeyer, Lucy C M; Ozkan, Meryem; Palmer, Josie L; Roast, Emma; Santillo, David; Schneider, M Jesse; Snape, Robin T E; Sutherland, Katrina C; Godley, Brendan J (2024): Marine turtles as bio-indicators of plastic pollution in the eastern Mediterranean. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 201, 116141, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116141
References:	Duncan, Emily M; Arrowsmith, Jessica A; Bain, Charlotte E; Bowdery, Hannah; Broderick, Annette C; Chalmers, Tierney; Fuller, Wayne J; Galloway, Tamara S; Lee, Jonathon H; Lindeque, Penelope K; Omeyer, Lucy C M; Snape, Robin T E; Godley, Brendan J (2019): Diet-related selectivity of macroplastic ingestion in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the eastern Mediterranean. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 11581, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48086-4
	Duncan, Emily M; Broderick, Annette C; Critchell, Kay; Galloway, Tamara S; Hamann, Mark; Limpus, Colin J; Lindeque, Penelope K; Santillo, David; Tucker, Anton D; Whiting, Scott; Young, Erina J; Godley, Brendan J (2021): Plastic Pollution and Small Juvenile Marine Turtles: A Potential Evolutionary Trap. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 699521, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.699521
	Galgani, Francois; Claro, Francoise; Depledge, M; Fossi, C (2014): Monitoring the impact of litter in large vertebrates in the Mediterranean Sea within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD): Constraints, specificities and recommendations. Marine Environmental Research, 100, 3-9, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.02.003
	van Franeker, Jan Andries; Blaize, Christine; Danielsen, Johannis; Fairclough, Keith; Gollan, Jane; Guse, Nils; Hansen, Poul-Lindhard; Heubeck, Martin; Jensen, Jens-Kjeld; Le Guillou, Gilles; Olsen, Bergur; Olsen, Kåre-Olav; Pedersen, J; Stienen, Eric W M; Turner, Daniel M (2011): Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea. Environmental Pollution, 159(10), 2609-2615, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.008
Coverage:	DATE/TIME START: 2012-12-01T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2022-10-05T00:00:00
Parameter(s):	DATE/TIME (Date/Time) * GEOCODE * PI: Duncan, Emily M (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-7097, ed291@exeter.ac.uk) * COMMENT: Date the turtle was found either stranded on the coastline or bycaught by fisher
	Curved carapace length [cm] (CCL) * PI: Duncan, Emily M (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-7097, ed291@exeter.ac.uk)
	Polyethylene [#] (PE) * PI: Duncan, Emily M (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-7097, ed291@exeter.ac.uk) * METHOD/DEVICE: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) (URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform_infrared_spectroscopy)
	Polypropylene [#] (PP) * PI: Duncan, Emily M (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-7097, ed291@exeter.ac.uk) * METHOD/DEVICE: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) (URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform_infrared_spectroscopy)
	Polyamide [#] (PA) * PI: Duncan, Emily M (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-7097, ed291@exeter.ac.uk) * METHOD/DEVICE: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) (URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform_infrared_spectroscopy)
	Nylon [#] (Nylon) * PI: Duncan, Emily M (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-7097, ed291@exeter.ac.uk) * METHOD/DEVICE: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) (URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform_infrared_spectroscopy)
	Polyvinyl chloride [#] (PVC) * PI: Duncan, Emily M (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-7097, ed291@exeter.ac.uk) * METHOD/DEVICE: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) (URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform_infrared_spectroscopy) * COMMENT: POLY(VINYL)
	Polystyrene [#] (PS) * PI: Duncan, Emily M (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-7097, ed291@exeter.ac.uk) * METHOD/DEVICE: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) (URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform_infrared_spectroscopy)
	Polyisoprene chlorinated [#] (Polyisoprene-Cl) * PI: Duncan, Emily M (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-7097, ed291@exeter.ac.uk) * METHOD/DEVICE: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) (URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform_infrared_spectroscopy) * COMMENT: POLY(ISOPRENE)
	Polymethylmethacrylat [#] (PMMA) * PI: Duncan, Emily M (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-7097, ed291@exeter.ac.uk) * METHOD/DEVICE: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) (URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform_infrared_spectroscopy) * COMMENT: POLY(METHYL)
	Polydimethylsiloxane [#] (PDMS) * PI: Duncan, Emily M (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-7097, ed291@exeter.ac.uk) * METHOD/DEVICE: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) (URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform_infrared_spectroscopy) * COMMENT: POLY(DIMETHYLSIOXANE)
	Polyhexanide [#] (PHMB) * PI: Duncan, Emily M (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-7097, ed291@exeter.ac.uk) * METHOD/DEVICE: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) (URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform_infrared_spectroscopy) * COMMENT: POLYHEXAMETHYLENE
	Polyundecanoamide [#] (Nylon 11) * PI: Duncan, Emily M (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-7097, ed291@exeter.ac.uk) * METHOD/DEVICE: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) (URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform_infrared_spectroscopy)
License:	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Status:	Curation Level: Enhanced curation (URI: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Curation_levels)
Size:	408 data points
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Date/Time	CCL [cm]	PE [#]	PP [#]	PA [#]	Nylon [#]	PVC [#]	PS [#]	Polyisoprene-Cl [#]	PMMA [#]	PDMS [#]	PHMB [#]	Nylon 11 [#]
2012-12-01T00:00	64.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-06-22T00:00	67.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-06-24T00:00	64.5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-09-13T00:00	63.0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-02-15T00:00	66.5	7	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-05-17T00:00	70.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-06-10T00:00	63.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-08-10T00:00	64.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-03-19T00:00	78.0	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-03-20T00:00	67.6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-04-03T00:00	18.8	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-04-06T00:00	69.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-04-20T00:00	61.4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-05-14T00:00	64.4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-05-28T00:00	70.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-06-09T00:00	57.0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-06-11T00:00	58.5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-06-13T00:00	68.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-06-15T00:00	70.6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-08-16T00:00	68.6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-02-10T00:00	54.8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2021-04-15T00:00	68.5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-07-05T00:00	73.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-05-07T00:00	67.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-01-10T00:00	60.4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-06-23T00:00	65.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-10-05T00:00	72.8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-06-08T00:00	66.6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-05-24T00:00	68.6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-04-20T00:00	70.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-05-05T00:00	65.0	8	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
2022-06-13T00:00	72.4	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-04-10T00:00	65.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-06-23T00:00	65.0	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1