Beached marine debris from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, from 1991 to 2019.

Beached marine debris has been monitored on Signy Island since 1991. Data collection was carried out during summer months across three sites on the island: Foca Cove, Cummings Cove and Starfish Cove. This dataset summarises the amount of beached debris from monthly surveys by mass and type, with additional descriptions available. This monitoring contributes to the CCAMLR (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Marine debris program and is part of the long-term monitoring carried out by the British Antarctic Survey at Signy Island.

Ecosystems component of BAS Polar Science for Planet Earth Programme, funded by NERC.

Alternate title: Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01743

Date (Publication): 2023-05-18

Citation identifier: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01743

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Antarctic Survey		pdc@bas.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre	Waluda, C., & Dunn, M.	pdc@bas.ac.uk	Originator

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Keywords

NDGO0001

NERC OAI Harvesting

NERC_DDC

GCMD Parameter Valids

EARTH SCIENCE > Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts
EARTH SCIENCE > Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Contaminants

BAS Free-text keywords

Beach debris
Marine debris
Signy Island
South Orkney Islands

Use limitation: This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Language: English

Topic category

Biota

Begin date: 1991-01-01

End date: 2019-11-17

Reference system identifier: OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Distribution format

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey		pdc@bas.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
http	https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=ee9ce4f4-cad6-4c2e-bc06-4757dc87f7e4	GET DATA

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification: INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

Title: INSPIRE Data Specification on unknown theme Guidelines

Date

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: No

Statement: Instances when no debris was found, or surveys weren''t possible (e.g. due to sea ice cover restricting access to beaches) are recorded in the metadata.

Since 1996, the station at Signy Island has been closed over the austral winter.