Microplastic concentration and composition in surface waters of the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

The dataset provides information about the microplastic contamination in surface waters of the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Samples (n = 34) were collected during two expeditions on RV Polarstern, PS111 (2018) and PS117 (2018/2019), to the Antarctic Weddell Sea, taking place during austral summer. Samples were collected with a surface trawl (manta trawl; 5gyres Institute, Los Angeles, California; 60 x18 cm² rectangular aperture) equipped with a 300 µm mesh and a mechanical flowmeter. On average 234.6 (±83.7 SD) m³ of seawater were filtered per sample (total filtered volume: 7974 m³). Putative microplastic particles were sorted visually under a dissecting microscope (magnification 6.7-45x) and analyzed by means of by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy.

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Leistenschneider, Clara (2023). Dataset: Microplastic concentration and composition in surface waters of the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.941076

DOI retrieved: 2023

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Imported on November 30, 2024
Last update November 30, 2024
License CC-BY-4.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.941076
Author Leistenschneider, Clara
Given Name Clara
Family Name Leistenschneider
Source Creation 2023
Publication Year 2023
Resource Type text/tab-separated-values - filename: Leistenschneider_2022_PS111_PS117-surf
Subject Areas
Name: Chemistry

Name: Ecology

Name: Lithosphere

Related Identifiers
Title: The Expedition PS117 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Weddell Sea in 2018/2019
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0732_2019
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2019
Source: Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research
Authors: Boebel Olaf , Leistenschneider Clara , Burkhardt-Holm Patricia , Mani Thomas , Primpke Sebastian , Taubner Heidi , Gerdts Gunnar , Schröder Michael .

Title: Microplastics in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica): A Forensic Approach for Discrimination between Environmental and Vessel-Induced Microplastics
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05207
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2021
Source: Environmental Science & Technology
Authors: Boebel Olaf , Leistenschneider Clara , Burkhardt-Holm Patricia , Mani Thomas , Primpke Sebastian , Taubner Heidi , Gerdts Gunnar , Schröder Michael .

Title: The Expedition PS111 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the southern Weddell Sea in 2018
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0718_2018
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2018
Source: Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research
Authors: Boebel Olaf , Leistenschneider Clara , Burkhardt-Holm Patricia , Mani Thomas , Primpke Sebastian , Taubner Heidi , Gerdts Gunnar , Schröder Michael .