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Atlantic Canada Marine Plastic Research Project (2017-2020)
Listed in CIOOS Atlantic Data Catalogue
The purpose of the Atlantic Canada Microplastic Research Project (2017-2020) is to determine the quantity of microplastics in 3 near-shore communities of Atlantic Canada.
Description
Data will be used to better inform the conversation and solutions around plastic pollution in the region. The project is funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada and is in partnership with Clean Annapolis River Project (CARP), ACAP Humber Arm, and Dr.
Max Liboiron at the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR) out of Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN). Dr. Max Liboiron is our chief academic advisor on the 3-year project, assisting with project development, methods and protocol, and sampling design.
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The project included sampling both surface water and beach sediment at all three study locations. The surface water trawling equipment was built using CLEAR''s low-aquatic debris instrument (LADI) design. Data reports are available for 2018 surface water and shoreline sediment results.
Remaining 2018 sediment results and 2019 hot-spot data will be available soon.
Links
Get the data
- ERDDAP Data Subset Form cioosatlantic.ca/erddap/tabledap/coastal_action_7471_9460_c025.html ↗
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- Project Website coastalaction.org/microplastics.html ↗
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- 2018 SURFACE WATER RESULTS SUMMARY coastalaction.org/uploads/1/2/2/2/122203881/atlantic_canada_microplastic_researc… ↗
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- 2018 SHORELINE SEDIMENT REPORT coastalaction.org/uploads/1/2/2/2/122203881/atlantic_canada_microplastic_project… ↗
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Where it is published
- CIOOS Atlantic Data Catalogue dataset page catalogue.cioosatlantic.ca/dataset/org-coastalaction_ec2b8fbb-5482-46e2-af71-9e85d58b8922 ↗
landing page · from catalogue cioosatlantic ca
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API catalogue.cioosatlantic.ca/api/3/action/package_show?id=01e26f56-44e7-4b85-8939-5a1e82d60… ↗
metadata API · from catalogue cioosatlantic ca
Topics
- Stated by source
- Coastal Action
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
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| CIOOS Atlantic Data Catalogue | 01e26f56-44e7-4b85-8939-5a1e82d605ba | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
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