Item characteristics of marine litter at the seafloor of the Baltic Sea

Plastic litter items (LI) at the seafloor of the Baltic Sea comprises different polymers. 40 LI were collected within fishery catches by bottom trawling during three cruises in 2020 and 2021 and analysed for their polymer types using attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy, performed on a Spotlight 400 FTIR Imaging System (PerkinElmer Inc., Waltham, USA). The resulting spectra were compared against reference spectra databases. Just LI spectra showing correlation factors above 0.90 compared to the reference spectra were included in the evaluation. Polymer type of plastic LI under investigation could be attributed to six different polymer groups: Polyethylene (PE), polyamide (PA), polypropylene (PP), polyvinylchloride (PVC), polyester (PES) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). PE was the most frequently identified polymer representing 59% of all plastic items under investigation - followed by PA (17%), PP (12%), PVC (7%) and PES (3%).

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Kammann, Ulrike, Nogueira, Pedro, Wilhelm, Esther, Int-Veen, Ivo, Aust, Marc-Oliver, Wysujack, Klaus (2023). Dataset: Item characteristics of marine litter at the seafloor of the Baltic Sea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.958427

DOI retrieved: 2023

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Imported on November 29, 2024
Last update November 29, 2024
License CC-BY-4.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.958427
Author Kammann, Ulrike
Given Name Ulrike
Family Name Kammann
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Nogueira, Pedro
Wilhelm, Esther
Int-Veen, Ivo
Aust, Marc-Oliver
Wysujack, Klaus
Source Creation 2023
Publication Year 2023
Resource Type text/tab-separated-values - filename: ALDFG_item_characteristics
Subject Areas
Name: Biosphere

Name: Ecology

Name: Oceans

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Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2023
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Type: DOI
Relation: References
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Type: DOI
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