CLiP Belize Marine Litter Abundance and Composition 2019

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• Last updated: 10 September 2024
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Summary

This dataset contains 2 csv files. The file Belize Marine Litter Data.csv contains data on litter found on marine beaches, river banks and along city canals in Belize between May and June 2019. The number of items and the weight in kg is reported for each litter category. The list of litter categories was obtain merging OSPAR and Tangaroa Blue protocols with the addition of region-specific items. Item categories marked with ^ were added during the operations in South Pacific, while item categories marked with ^^ were added during the operations in Belize. An array of metadata (location names, survey date, GPS coordinates in decimal degrees) is also reported per each data point.

The file Belize Marine Litter Metadata.csv reports other metadata collected during the surveys following the OSPAR protocol to describe factors potentially influencing litter characteristics. A READ-ME text file contains a legend of the columns of the csv files.

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Link to the data	Format	File added	Data preview
Cefas Data Portal	N/A	10 September 2024	Not available

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2024-08-02
• Access contraints: Not specified
• Harvest GUID: CEFASac6d15f3-4e87-45cf-84ee-e9fedebaacde
• Extent: Latitude: 20.00° to 10.00°
• Extent: Longitude: -90.00° to -80.00°
• Dataset reference date: 2020-01-31 (publication)
• Dataset reference date: 2024-08-02 (revision)
• Dataset reference date: 2019-07-25 (creation)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) (originator, custodian, distributor, owner); Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (owner)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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