DOI Details

Identifier:

10.13120/4E4C36CE-FC86-4DF7-983A-DAE822ED0FE1

Creators:

IFREMER, SISMER, Scientific Information Systems for the SEA (SISMER) https://edmo.seadatanet.org/report/486 EMODnet Chemistry

Ifremer, VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring) https://edmo.seadatanet.org/report/1838 EMODnet Chemistry

National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography https://edmo.seadatanet.org/report/120 EMODnet Chemistry

Titles:

Beach litter - Beaches locations and litter list used - Official monitoring 2001/2020 v2021

Publisher:

EMODnet Chemistry

PublicationYear:

2021

Subjects:

/Human Activities/Pollution

Oceanographic geographical features

Litter abundance and type

Beach litter abundance

Black Sea

Baltic Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Arctic Ocean

Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)

North Sea

EMODnet Chemistry

sediment

Marine litter

Beach litter

MSFD

Maps

Oceanography

Contributors:

ARPA Calabria SeaDataNet

ARPA Emilia-Romagna, Struttura Oceanografica Daphne SeaDataNet

ARPA Liguria SeaDataNet

Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience SeaDataNet

Aarhus University,Danish Centre for Environment and Energy SeaDataNet

Black Sea Basin Directorate SeaDataNet

Centre for Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution SeaDataNet

Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection SeaDataNet

Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Division of Marine Biology and Ecology SeaDataNet

EUCC, The Coastal Union Germany SeaDataNet

Environment and Resources Authority SeaDataNet

Foundation for Environmental Education, Latvia SeaDataNet

French Agency For Biodiversity SeaDataNet

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography SeaDataNet

Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia SeaDataNet

Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries SeaDataNet

Jordsand Association SeaDataNet

KIMO Denmark SeaDataNet

KIMO International Secretariat SeaDataNet

Keep the Archipelago Tidy Association SeaDataNet

Keep the Estonian Sea Tidy Association SeaDataNet

MTE-DGSCM, Directorate for Coast and Sea Sustainability. Ministry for Ecological Transition SeaDataNet

Marine Research Institute of Klaipeda University SeaDataNet

Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development SeaDataNet

Mer-Terre SeaDataNet

National Agricultural Research Foundation, Fisheries Research Institute SeaDataNet

National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa" SeaDataNet

National Institute of Chemistry SeaDataNet

National Park Authority Vorpommern SeaDataNet

Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Germany SeaDataNet

Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, Marine Conservation Office SeaDataNet

Non-governmental environmental organization "Mare Nostrum" SeaDataNet

Office of Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park SeaDataNet

Portuguese Environment Agency SeaDataNet

Regional School "Windland" Altenkirchen SeaDataNet

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences SeaDataNet

Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve Office SeaDataNet

State Agency for Environment, Nature and Geology, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern SeaDataNet

State Office for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of Schleswig Holstein SeaDataNet

The Danish Environmental Protection Agency SeaDataNet

The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation SeaDataNet

The North Sea Foundation SeaDataNet

Treanbeg Marine SeaDataNet

University of Patras, Department of Geology, Laboratory of Marine Geology and Physical Oceanography SeaDataNet

Dates:

2001-01-01/2020-10-07

Language:

en

ResourceType:

Dataset

RelatedIdentifiers:

https://www.emodnet-chemistry.eu/repository/maps/litter/bl_beacheslocations_monitoring.zip

https://www.emodnet-chemistry.eu/products/catalogue#/metadata/4e4c36ce-fc86-4df7-983a-dae822ed0fe1

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Sizes:

0.038 MB

Formats:

application/zip including 4 files: .dbf, .prj, .shp and .shx

Version:

1.0

RightsList:

Open Access

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Public domain and freely available for all users, following the specified citation format.

Descriptions:

This visualization product displays beaches locations where the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitoring protocol has been applied to collate data on macrolitter (> 2.5 cm).<br />Reference lists associated to those protocols have been indicated with different colors in the map.<br /><br /><br />EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of beach litter have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB).<br />The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols and reference lists used on a European scale.<br /><br /><br />Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data:<br /> - Exclusion of OSPAR 1000 protocol: in order to follow the approach of OSPAR that it is not including these data anymore in the monitoring;<br /> - Selection of MSFD surveys only (exclusion of other monitoring, cleaning and research operations);<br /> - Exclusion of beaches without coordinates;<br /> - Some categories & some litter types like organic litter, small fragments (paraffin and wax; items > 2.5cm) and pollutants have been removed. The list of selected items is attached to this metadata. This list was created using EU Marine Beach Litter Baselines and EU Threshold Value for Macro Litter on Coastlines from JRC (these two documents are attached to this metadata).<br /><br />More information is available in the attached documents.<br /><br /><br />Warning: the absence of data on the map doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist, but that no information has been entered in the Marine Litter Database for this area.

GeoLocations:

European beaches -53.602 41.771 28.394 81.686

FundingReferences:

European Commission Aggregated data products are generated by EMODnet Chemistry under the support of DG MARE Call for Tenders EASME/EMFF/2016/006-lot4, EASME/2019/OP/0003-lot4.

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