A multilevel dataset of microplastic abundance in the world’s upper ocean and the Laurentian Great Lakes

  1. Iwasaki, Shinsuke
  2. Azuma, Takafumi
  3. Cózar, Andrés
  4. Galgani, Francois
  5. Isobe, Atsuhiko
  6. Imai, Keiri
  7. Mason, Sherri A.
  8. Kako, Shin’ichro
  9. Morii, Yasuhiro
  10. Lusher, Amy L.
  11. Yagi, Mitsuharu
  12. Zhang, Weiwei
  13. Kozlovskii, Nikolai
  14. Tokai, Tadashi
  15. Mukai, Tohru
  16. Shimizu, Kenichi
  17. Kanhai, La Daana
  18. Popova, Anna
  19. Michida, Yutaka
  20. Uchida, Keiichi
  21. Cordova, Muhammad Reza
  22. Hagita, Ryuichi
  23. Mituhasi, Takahisa
  1. 1 Kyushu University
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    Kyushu University

    Fukuoka, Japón

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  2. 2 Kagoshima University
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    Kagoshima University

    Kagoshima, Japón

    ROR https://ror.org/03ss88z23

  3. 3 Indonesian Institute of Sciences
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    Indonesian Institute of Sciences

    Yakarta, Indonesia

    ROR https://ror.org/03d7c1451

  4. 4 Universidad de Cádiz
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    Universidad de Cádiz

    Cádiz, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04mxxkb11

  5. 5 IFREMER, Laboratoire LER/PAC, immeuble Agostini ZI Furiani, 20600, Bastia, France
  6. 6 Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
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    Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

    Tokio, Japón

    ROR https://ror.org/048nxq511

  7. 7 University of the West Indies
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    University of the West Indies

    Kingston, Jamaica

    ROR https://ror.org/03fkc8c64

  8. 8 Hokkaido University
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    Hokkaido University

    Sapporo, Japón

    ROR https://ror.org/02e16g702

  9. 9 Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region
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    Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region

    Sapporo, Japón

    ROR https://ror.org/0477qq163

  10. 10 Pacific Institute of Geography, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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    Pacific Institute of Geography, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

    Vladivostok, Rusia

    ROR https://ror.org/03f5ppt85

  11. 11 Norwegian Institute for Water Research
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    Norwegian Institute for Water Research

    Oslo, Noruega

    ROR https://ror.org/03hrf8236

  12. 12 University of Bergen
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    University of Bergen

    Bergen, Noruega

    ROR https://ror.org/03zga2b32

  13. 13 Pennsylvania State University
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    Pennsylvania State University

    State College, Estados Unidos

    ROR https://ror.org/04p491231

  14. 14 University of Tokyo
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    University of Tokyo

    Tokio, Japón

    ROR https://ror.org/057zh3y96

  15. 15 Nagasaki University
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    Nagasaki University

    Nagasaki, Japón

    ROR https://ror.org/058h74p94

  16. 16 China National Environmental Monitoring Center
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    China National Environmental Monitoring Center

    Pekín, China

    ROR https://ror.org/026drga03

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Revista:
Microplastics and Nanoplastics

ISSN: 2662-4966

Año de publicación: 2021

Volumen: 1

Número: 1

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1186/S43591-021-00013-Z GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Microplastics and Nanoplastics

Resumen

A total of 8218 pelagic microplastic samples from the world’s oceans were synthesized to create a dataset composed of raw, calibrated, processed, and gridded data which are made available to the public. The raw microplastic abundance data were obtained by different research projects using surface net tows or continuous seawater intake. Fibrous microplastics were removed from the calibrated dataset. Microplastic abundance which fluctuates due to vertical mixing under different oceanic conditions was standardized. An optimum interpolation method was used to create the gridded data; in total, there were 24.4 trillion pieces (8.2 × 104 ~ 57.8 × 104 tons) of microplastics in the world’s upper oceans.