Microplastic distributions from the 2019 Gulf of Alaska International Year of the Salmon Expedition

10.21966/wvnb-8g62

Data were collected on the relative abundance and weight of microplastics (0.05-0.15 cm and 0.15-0.5 cm) and mesoplastics (0.5-1.5 cm and 1.5-5 cm). The sampling was done using a Hydro-Bios neuston trawl (mouth opening of 70 cm x 40 cm), with a 260 cm long sampling net with a mesh size of 300 um in the surface waters of the Gulf of Alaska (GoA), in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. 56 Neuston trawls were conducted and a visual survey of floating plastic was performed at 20 locations. These data were collected as part of the International Year of the Salmon (IYS) Gulf of Alaska High Seas Expedition conducted in February and March 2019, to further improve the understanding of factors impacting salmon early marine winter survival.

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Metadata Reference Date(s) September 12, 2023 (Publication)
September 10, 2024 (Revision)
Data Reference Date(s) February 18, 2019 (Creation)
Frequency of Update As Needed

Responsible Party 1
Affiliation
North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission ROR logo
Email
secretariat@npafc.org
Role
Publisher
Responsible Party 2
Name
Kantakov, Gennady
Affiliation
Russian Federal Fisheries Research Institute for Fisheries and Oceanography
Email
gennadykantakov@gmail.com
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  • Author
  • Custodian
  • Owner
Responsible Party 3
Name
Egger, Matthias
Affiliation
The Ocean Cleanup ROR logo
Email
matthias.egger@theoceancleanup.com
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  • Owner
  • Principal Investigator
Responsible Party 4
Name
Nijhof, Rein
Affiliation
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University
Email
reinnijhof@hotmail.com
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Author
Responsible Party 5
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Hakai Institute ROR logo
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data@hakai.org
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Distributor

Field Value
Ocean Variables
  • Particulate matter
  • Other
  • Marine debris
Scope Dataset
Status Completed
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Spatial Extent [[[-128.513667, 48.311], [-143.000167, 56.668667], [-147.503333, 56.667333], [-147.500667, 47.668333], [-136.997, 47.666833], [-129.9175, 48.191167], [-128.513667, 48.311]]]
North Bounding Latitude 47.666833
South Bounding Latitude 56.668667
East Bounding Longitude -128.513667
West Bounding Longitude -147.503333
Temporal Extent
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2019-02-18
End
2019-03-14
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0.0
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0.2
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https://doi.org/10.21966/wvnb-8g62
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North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission
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https://data.npafc.org