Abstract:
Marine debris washing up on beaches on Bird Island has been monitored since 1989 with over 9,000 items of debris recovered up until present day. In addition to the raw data, a summary of the data by year or by debris description is available. Occasions when no debris was found, or it was not possible to carry out a survey, are recorded in the metadata.
This data is submitted to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) as part of their Marine Debris Programme.
Keywords:
Beach debris, Marine debris
| Use Constraints: | This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ This data should be cited as follows: Marine debris from a beach at Bird Island, from 1989 onwards (https://data.bas.ac.uk/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01206), accessed by contacting UK Polar Data Centre at polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk, [date in here dd/mm/yyyy] |
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| Creation Date: | 2019-07-26 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | UK Polar Data Centre |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Reference: | Information on CCAMLR's Marine Debris Program can be found at https://www.ccamlr.org/en/science/marine-debris CCAMLR's standard form and instructions for the submission of data can be found at https://www.ccamlr.org/en/node/75828 Walker TR, Reid K, Arnould JPY, Croxall JP. 1997 Marine debris surveys at Bird Island, South Georgia 1990?1995. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 34 (1). 61-65. Convey P, Barnes DKA, Morton A. 2002 Debris accumulation on oceanic island shores of the Scotia Arc, Antarctica. Polar Biology, 25 (8). 612-617. |
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| Lineage: | Regular check are carried out to record and remove marine debris from the Main Bay on Bird Island. This is part of CCAMLR's Marine Debris Program. Surveys are carried out once per month during the winter period and once during the summer period, usually at the end of March. Debris type and description are recorded along with weight (kg) and debris size. Debris type is recorded under the categories in CCAMLR's Marine Debris Program. Debris size is categorised as follows: S (Small) < 2.5cm, M (Medium) 2.5cm to 10cm, L (Large) >10cm to 1m, VL (Very Large) >1m. |
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| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 1989-01-01 |
| End Date | N/A |
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| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -54.00978 |
| Northernmost | -54.00978 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -38.05732 |
| Easternmost | -38.05732 |
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| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | South Georgia Island |
| Detailed Location | Main Bay, Bird Island |
| Data Storage: | The data are stored in an Oracle database managed by the Scientific Data Manager (Biological Focus), UK PDC. Additionally, this data is submitted to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) as part of their Marine Debris Programme. |
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