Ingested microplastics identified from macrobenthos collected during the RRS Discovery D340b Research Cruise to the Mingulay Reef Complex (Outer Hebrides, western Scotland, northeast Atlantic)

doi:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.897250

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Ingested microplastics identified from macrobenthos collected during the RRS Discovery D340b Research Cruise to the Mingulay Reef Complex (Outer Hebrides, western Scotland, northeast Atlantic)

Analyzing historic cruise data for microplastics is an effective way to create baseline level understanding of microplastic pollution through time. This study analyzed 112 benthic specimens gut contents for ingestion of microplastics. These specimens were collected as part of a research cruise on the RRS Discovery D340b from 26 June to 4 July 2009 as part of the Oceans 2025 programme, the cruise Chief Scientist being Mark Inall. Out of the 112 specimens dissected, only 9 contained microplastic samples. These samples were photographed and their microplastic signatures were analysed using Raman Spectroscopy.

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La Beur, Laura, Henry, Lea-Anne, Kazanidis, Georgios, Hennige, Sebastian, McDonald, Alison, Shaver, Michael, Roberts, J Murray (2019). Dataset: Ingested microplastics identified from macrobenthos collected during the RRS Discovery D340b Research Cruise to the Mingulay Reef Complex (Outer Hebrides, western Scotland, northeast Atlantic). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.897250

DOI retrieved: 2019

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Field	Value
Imported on	November 30, 2024
Last update	November 30, 2024
License	CC-BY-4.0
Source	https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.897250
Author	La Beur, Laura
Given Name	Laura
Family Name	La Beur
More Authors	Henry, Lea-Anne Kazanidis, Georgios Hennige, Sebastian McDonald, Alison Shaver, Michael Roberts, J Murray
Source Creation	2019
Publication Year	2019
Resource Type	text/tab-separated-values - filename: LaBeur-etal_2019
Subject Areas	Name: Ecology
Related Identifiers	Title: Baseline Assessment of Marine Litter and Microplastic Ingestion by Cold-Water Coral Reef Benthos at the East Mingulay Marine Protected Area (Sea of the Hebrides, Western Scotland) Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00080 Type: DOI Relation: IsSupplementTo Year: 2019 Source: Frontiers in Marine Science Authors: La Beur Laura , Henry Lea-Anne , Kazanidis Georgios , Hennige Sebastian , McDonald Alison , Roberts J Murray .