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Marine debris from a beach at Bird Island, from 1989 onwards

Marine debris washing up on beaches on Bird Island has been monitored since 1989 with over 9,000 items of debris recovered up until present day. In addition to the raw data, a summary of the data by year or by debris description is available. Occasions when no debris was found, or it was not possible to carry out a survey, are recorded in the metadata.





This data is submitted to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) as part of their Marine Debris Programme.

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Date (Creation)
2019-07-26
Date (Revision)
2019-07-26
Date (Publication)
2019-07-26
Date (released)
2019-07-26
Edition

1

Unique resource identifier
48c9111b-8449-4da8-9cf6-b6325d6c6d7a
Codespace

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Unique resource identifier
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01206
Codespace

https://data.bas.ac.uk/

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Status
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre

PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
Completed
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Coastal Habitat
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Environmental Assessments
Theme
  • Beach debris

  • Marine debris

Place
  • Main Bay, Bird Island South Georgia Island

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Habitats and biotopes
  • Human health and safety
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations
Use constraints
License
Other constraints
Open Government Licence v3.0
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/nerc/our-policies-and-standards/nerc-data-policy/

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Marine debris from a beach at Bird Island, from 1989 onwards ( https://data.bas.ac.uk/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01206), accessed by contacting UK Polar Data Centre at polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk, [date in here dd/mm/yyyy]

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doi
Codespace

doi

Association Type
Cross reference
Unique resource identifier
doi
Codespace

doi

Association Type
Cross reference
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
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Begin date
1989-01-01
End date
1989-01-01
Supplemental Information

It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.

Title

European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry

Date (Publication)
2008-11-12
Cited responsible party
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

European Petroleum Survey Group

EPSGadministrator@iogp.org

Publisher
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
Version

6.18.3

Distributor

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre

PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk

Distributor
Units of distribution

bytes

Transfer size
1
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

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Statement

Methodology:

Regular check are carried out to record and remove marine debris from the Main Bay on Bird Island. This is part of CCAMLR's Marine Debris Program. Surveys are carried out once per month during the winter period and once during the summer period, usually at the end of March. Debris type and description are recorded along with weight (kg) and debris size.



Debris type is recorded under the categories in CCAMLR's Marine Debris Program.



Debris size is categorised as follows: S (Small) < 2.5cm, M (Medium) 2.5cm to 10cm, L (Large) >10cm to 1m, VL (Very Large) >1m.

Metadata

File identifier
48c9111b-8449-4da8-9cf6-b6325d6c6d7a XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name

dataset

Date stamp
2019-07-26
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata

Metadata standard version

ISO 19115:2003(E)

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre

polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk

Point of contact
 
 

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Keywords

Beach debris Marine debris
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes Human health and safety
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords

EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Coastal Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Environmental Assessments


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