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Marine plastics found at Heard Island and Macquarie Island

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Burton, H. ; BURTON, HARRY
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This project monitored plastics at the four-bays area on Heard Island and at Sandell Bay on Macquarie Island. It characterised plastics by infra-red spectroscopy both from the beach collection and small pieces from fur-seal stomachs and cormorant boluses. The aim was to assess human impact on the ocean by measuring plastic abundance and type.

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Statement: Monthly beach collections were made by a human observer. Material was classed by infra-red spectroscopy. The values provided in temporal and spatial coverage are approximate only.

Data time period: 1986-01-01 to 1989-12-31

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AMD | AMD/AU | CEOS | Debris | EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS | EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > WATER QUALITY > OCEAN CONTAMINANTS | FIELD INVESTIGATION | FIELD SURVEYS | Flotsam | GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR | Marine Debris | OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN | OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS | OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | environment | garbage | oceans | rubbish |

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