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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.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2023-05-17
- Date (Revision)
- 2023-05-17
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-05-17
- Date (released)
- 2023-05-17
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1.0
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.5285/ee9ce4f4-cad6-4c2e-bc06-4757dc87f7e4
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doi
- Unique resource identifier
- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01743
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Please cite this item as: Waluda, C., & Dunn, M. (2023). Beached marine debris from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, from 1991 to 2019. (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/ee9ce4f4-cad6-4c2e-bc06-4757dc87f7e4
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No credit.
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Antarctic Survey Waluda, Claire Author British Antarctic Survey Dunn, Michael J Author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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- Completed
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Beach debris
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Marine debris
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Signy Island
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South Orkney Islands
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- Place
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Signy Island, South Orkney Islands Antarctica
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Foca Cove, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands Antarctica
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Cummings Cove, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands
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Starfish Cove, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands Antarctica
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- no limitations to public access
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- no limitations
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- License
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence v3.0
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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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This data is governed by the NERC data policy and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3
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There are no access constraints on this dataset.
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url
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- Cross reference
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Biota
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- Begin date
- 1991-01-01
- End date
- 2019-11-17
- Supplemental Information
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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.
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European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-11-12
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role European Petroleum Survey Group
Publisher
- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
- Version
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6.18.3
Distributor
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Distributor
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Name Version text/csv
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bytes
- Transfer size
- 79872
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=ee9ce4f4-cad6-4c2e-bc06-4757dc87f7e4 Get Data
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Methodology:
Data collection comprised surveying three beaches at Signy Island: Cummings Cove (beach length = 395 m), Starfish Cove (beach length = 584 m) and Foca Cove (beach length = 331 m). Data collection at Foca Cove and Starfish Cove started in 1991 and from 1994 onwards was expanded to include Cummings Cove. Surveys were carried out at each location once per month during the austral summer period, i.e. up to six times (between November and April) per season. All surveys were undertaken following CCAMLR protocols for surveys of beached marine debris. Each survey took place on a single tide and, where possible, was carried out at low water. During the survey all debris items of more than 5 mm in largest dimension found between the low water mark and approximately 10 m beyond the high water mark were collected. Mass was recorded for all years. Small items were weighed to a precision of 0.1 g and heavier items (> 100 g) to the nearest gramme. All items were categorised as fabric, glass, metal, paper, rubber, wood or plastic, with plastic items further subdivided into fishery, consumer and miscellaneous items.
The sizes were categorised as follows:
S (small) < 2.5cm
M (medium) 2.5 - 10cm
L (large) > 10cm to 1m
VL (very large) > 1m
Data collection:
Instruments used include: a balance, tape measure, camera and rubber gloves
Data quality:
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.
Metadata
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- ee9ce4f4-cad6-4c2e-bc06-4757dc87f7e4 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2023-05-17
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ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
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ISO 19115:2003(E)
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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