Current and Future Effects of Microplastics on Marine Shelf Ecosystems (MINIMISE) project (2019-2023)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | Jan 2019 ongoing |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Corbyn Head, Torquay, South Devon coast, UK |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Micro-litter in sediments; Micro-litter in water bodies; Concentration of other substances in biota |
| Description | |
| Summary | This dataset contains the results from field and laboratory studies of microplastic uptake collected from estuaries and coastal areas in the South West of England between 2019 and 2020. This work was undertaken by scientists at the University of Exeter as part of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) project MINIMISE (Current and Future Effects of Microplastics on Marine Shelf Ecosystems), funded under grant reference NE/S003975/1. MINIMISE aims to determine how microplastics and contaminants affect the functioning of marine shelf seas sediments and the organisms that live in them under different ocean chemistry conditions. It also aims to assist policy makers on determining how microplastics affect vulnerable habitats, aquaculture, fish spawning areas, fishing activities and other ecosystems. |
| Originators | University of Exeter, Biosciences Department |
| Data web site | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/ddbab1ab-864c-23a5-e053-6c86abc08d5b/ |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Availability | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International |
| Contact | Polly Hadžiabdić (Head of the BODC Requests Team) |
| Address | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Telephone | +44 (0)782 512 0946 |
| enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1048_MINIMISE_04-2022 |
| Global identifier | 7204 |
| Last revised | 2022-10-05 |
