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European beach litter standardized, harmonized and validated datasets 2001/2020 v2021

EMODnet Chemistry aims to provide access to marine chemistry data sets and derived data products concerning eutrophication, ocean acidification, contaminants and litter. The chosen parameters are relevant for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), in particular for descriptors 5, 8, 9 and 10. The dataset contains standardized, harmonized and validated data collections from beach litter (monitoring and other sources).

Datasets concerning beach and seafloor litter data are loaded in a central database after a semi-automated validation phase. Once loaded, a data assessment is performed in order to check data consistency and potential errors are corrected thanks to a feedback loop with data originators.

For beach litter, the harmonized datasets contain all unrestricted or SeaDataNet License EMODnet Chemistry data on beach litter data, including 12390 CDI records, in which 11152 refer to monitoring data, 1208 to data from cleaning surveys and 29 to data from research. A relevant part of the monitoring data has been considered for assessment purposes by the European institutions and therefore is tagged as MSFD_monitoring. The temporal range for monitoring data is from 2001-01-01 to 2020-08-26 and includes data from 582 beaches. For data from cleaning, the temporal range is from 2013-03-12 to 2020-04-22 and includes data from 831 beaches. For data from research, the temporal range is from 2014-04-07 to 2016-10-12 and includes data from 21 beaches. EMODnet beach litter data and databases are hosted and maintained by 'Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Division of Oceanography (OGS/NODC)' from Italy.

Data are formatted following Guidelines and forms for gathering marine litter data, which can be found at: https://www.emodnet-chemistry.eu/about/documents. The updated vocabularies of admitted values are available in https://www.emodnet-chemistry.eu/marinelitter/vocab.

The harmonized datasets can be downloaded as EMODnet Beach litter data format Version 1.0, which is a spreadsheet file composed of 4 sheets: beach metadata, survey metadata, animals and litter.

The original datasets can be searched and downloaded from EMODnet Chemistry Download Service: https://emodnet-chemistry.maris.nl/search

 
Citation proposal
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography. European beach litter standardized, harmonized and validated datasets 2001/2020 v2021. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/2b444000-036e-49ee-92c8-e5b265cf4a4f

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Alternate title
European_beach_litter_standardized_harmonized_validated_datasets_ 2001/2020_v2021
Date ( Creation )
2021-03-16
Edition
1.0
Identifier
2b444000-036e-49ee-92c8-e5b265cf4a4f
Credit
EMODnet Chemistry

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National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography -  
Italy

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Aarhus University,Danish Centre for Environment and Energy  
Frederiksborgvej 399 Postboks 358 Roskilde DK_4000 Denmark

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web site  

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Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Marine Ecology Aarhus  
Finlandsgade 14 Aarhus N DK-8200 Denmark

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web site  

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ARPA Emilia-Romagna - Struttura Oceanografica Daphne  
Centro Ricerche Marine Viale Vespucci 2 Cesenatico 47042 Italy

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web site  

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Black Sea Basin Directorate  
33 Alexander Diakovich street Varna 9000 Bulgaria

  ++359 52 631447  
  ++359 52 631448 
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web site  

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Black Sea NGO Network  
Regional Office P.O.Box 91, 2 Dr. L. Zamenhof Str., fl. 2 Varna 9000 Bulgaria

  +359 52 615856  
  +359 52 602047 
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web site  

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Cedre / Cedre  
715 rue Alain Colas CS 41836 BREST CEDEX 2 29218 France

  +33(0)2 98 33 10 10  
  +33(0)2 98 44 91 38 
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web site  

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Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection  
Wawelska 52/54 Warszawa 00-922 Poland

  +48-22-369-22-08  
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web site  

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Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Division of Marine Biology and Ecology  
101 Vithleem Street 1416 Nicosia 1416 Cyprus

  +357-22893980-88  
  +357-22892575 
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web site  

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Environment and Resources Authority  
Hexagon House Marsa MRS 1441 Malta

  (+356) 2292 3500  
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web site  

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EUCC - The Coastal Union Germany  
Organisation Headquarters: Poststraße 6 Rostock-Warnemünde 18119 Germany

  +49 (0)381-5196420  
  +49 (0)381-5197211 
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web site  

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Foundation for Environmental Education — Latvia  
Lapu str. 17, 2nd floor Riga LV-1002 Latvia

  +371 67225112  
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web site  

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Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography (HCMR/IO)  
46.7 km Athinon-Souniou Av. P.O.Box 712 Anavyssos 19013 Greece

  +30-22910-76452. -76460  
  +30-22910-76347 
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web site  

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French Agency For Biodiversity  
2 Avenue de Charlemagne Argelès-sur-Mer 66700 France

  +33 (0)4 68 68 40 20  
  +33 (0)4 68 37 16 59 
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web site  

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Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia  
Dunajska 156 Ljubljana 1000 Slovenia

  +386(0)14775300  
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web site  

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Institute of Marine Biology (IMBK)  
Dobrota bb, P.O. box 69 Kotor 85330 Montenegro

  +382 32 33 45 70  
  +382 32 33 45 70 
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web site  

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Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University  
P.O.Box 28 Erdemli 33731 Turkey

  +90 (324) 5212406  
  +90 (324) 5212327 
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web site  

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Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries  
Setaliste Ivana Mestrovica 63 P.O.BOX 500 SPLIT 21000 Croatia

  +385 21 408000/8011  
  +385 21 358650 
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web site  

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Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IO-BAS)  
40 Parvi may str. PO Box 152 Varna 9000 Bulgaria

  +359 52370486  
  +359 52370483 
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web site  

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International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)  
H. C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46 Copenhagen V DK-1553 Denmark

  +45 3338 6700  
  +45 3393 4215 
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web site  

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Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Science and Management  
Müsküle Sok. No. 1 Vefa Istanbul 34470 Turkey

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web site  

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Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Centre of Relations with UNESCO Oceanological Research Centre and GeoDNA (UNESCO)  
1 I. Chavchavadze Ave., 0128,Tbilisi, Georgia Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Tbilisi Georgia

  +995 32 253222; +99532 222372  
  +99532 253222 
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Jordsand Association  
Bornkampsweg 35 Ahrensburg 22926 Germany

  +49 04102-32656  
  +49 04102-31983 
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web site  

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Keep the Archipelago Tidy Association  
Turku 20100 Finland

  02 274 5500  
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web site  

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Keep the Estonian Sea Tidy Association  
Pirita tee 17, Tallinn 11911 Tallinn 11911 Estonia

  +372 5176019  
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web site  

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Legambiente  
Via Salaria 403 Roma 00199 Italy

  +39 06862681  
  +39 0686218474 
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web site  

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Directorate for Coast and Sea Sustainability. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA)  
Plaza San Juan de la Cruz s/n Madrid 28071 Spain

  +34 91 597 63 44  
  +34 91 597 59 07 
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web site  

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Marine Conservation Society  
9 Gloucester Road Ross-on-Wye HR9 5BU United Kingdom

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web site  

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Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development  
Kyrristou str., 12 Athens 105 56 Greece

  +30 2103247490  
  +30 2103317127 
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web site  

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National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"  
300 Mamaia Blvd. Constanta 900581 Romania

  40 241 543288  
  40 241 831274 
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web site  

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National Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology  
Dimitrie Onciu Street 23-25 Bucharest 024053 Romania

  40 21 2522594  
  40 212522594 
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web site  

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National Park Authority Vorpommern  
Im Forst 5 Born 18375 Germany

  +49 038234-502-0  
  +49 038234-502-24 
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web site  

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Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Germany  
Charitéstraße 3 Berlin 10117 Germany

  +49 0302849840  
  +49 0302849842000 
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web site  

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Norwegian Environment Agency  
P.O. Box 5672 Sluppen Trondheim N-7485 Norway

  +47 73 58 05 00  
  +47 73 58 05 01 
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web site  

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Office of Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park  
Schlossgarten 1 Toenning 25832 Germany

  +49 48 61616 - 0  
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web site  

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Portuguese Environment Agency  
Av. Almirante Gago Coutinho, nº 30 Lisboa 1049-066 Portugal

  +351 21 843 00 00  
  +351 21 847 35 71 
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web site  

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Regional School "Windland" Altenkirchen  
Schulstraße 1 Altenkirchen 18556 Germany

  +49 038391/216  
  +49 038391/439854 
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web site  

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences  
Vautierstraat 29 Brussels B-1000 Belgium

  +32 2 627 42 11  
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web site  

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Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve Office  
Circus 1 Putbus 18581 Germany

  +49 038301 / 8829-0  
  +49 038301 / 8829-50 
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web site  

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State Agency for Environment, Nature and Geology, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern  
Landesamt fuer Umwelt, Naturschutz und Geologie, Goldberger Strasse 12 Guestrow 18273 Germany

  ++49 3843 / 777 - 0  
  ++49 3843 / 777 - 106 
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web site  

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State Oceanographic Institute (SOI)  
Kropotkinsky Lane 6 Moscow 119034 Russian Federation

  +7 (499) 246-7288  
  +7 (499) 246-72-88 
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web site  

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State Office for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of Schleswig Holstein (LLUR)  
Hamburger Chaussee 25 Flintbek 24220 Germany

  +49-4347 704-0  
  +49-4347 704-102 
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web site  

  Originator

The Danish Environmental Protection Agency  
Haraldsgade 53 Copenhagen Ø 2100 Denmark

  +45 72 54 40 00  
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web site  

  Originator

The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation  
Rosterigränd 4 Stockholm 117 61 Sweden

  46 (0)8 505 263 00  
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web site  

  Originator

Ukrainian scientific center of Ecology of Sea (UkrSCES)  
89 Frantsuzsky Blvd. Odessa 65009 Ukraine

  +38 0482 636622  
  +380 482 636873 
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web site  

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University of Patras, Department of Geology, Laboratory of Marine Geology and Physical Oceanography (ETHAGEPHO/UP)  
University campus, 26504, Rio Patras 265 00 Greece

  +30-2610-997646  
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Isotech Ltd Environmental Research and Consultancy  
95 Kyrenias, Platy Aglantzias Nicosia 2113 Cyprus

  +357 22452727  
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web site  

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Aegean Greeners  
Michael Libanou 54 Chios 82100 Greece

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web site  

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Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation  
Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, P.O. Box 42 Pythagorio 83103 Greece

  +30 22730-61191  
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web site  

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ARPA Calabria  
Via Lungomare, Loc. Mosca (zona Giovino-Porto) Catanzaro Lido 88063 Italy

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web site  

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ARPA Liguria  
Via Bombrini 8 Genova 16149 Italy

  +3901064371  
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Asociación Vertidos Cero  
Av. de Castilla y León, 45 San Sebastián de los Reyes 28702 Spain

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web site  

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ECAT-Environmental Center for Administration & Technology  
Tirana Albania

  +355 4 223930 / 274553  
  +355 4 223930 
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web site  

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Estonian Green Movement  
Tiigi 8–24 Tartu 51003 Estonia

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European Environment Agency  
Kongens Nytorv 6 Copenhagen 1050 Denmark

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web site  

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eXXpedition  
76C Denbigh Street London SW1V 2EX United Kingdom

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Hold Danmark Rent  
Frederiksgade 12 Svendborg 5700 Denmark

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KIMO Denmark  
Bytoften 2 Varde 6800 Denmark

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web site
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KIMO International Secretariat  
Shetland Islands Council, 8 North Ness Business Park Lerwick ZE1 0LZ United Kingdom

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web site  

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Marine Research Institute of Klaipeda University  
Universiteto ave. 17 Klaipėda LT-92294 Lithuania

  +370 46 398846  
  +370 46 398845 
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web site  

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Maritime Training Center for Pollution Prevention, Safety at Sea and Environmental Awareness  
5, Pergamou Str., Athens 171 21 Greece

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web site  

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Mer-Terre  
21 Rue Montgrand MARSEILLE 13006 France

  +33 (0)9 86 78 79 02  
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National Institute of Chemistry  
Hajdrihova 19 Ljubljana 1000 Slovenia

  +386 1 4760498  
  +386 1 4760300 
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Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, Marine Conservation Office  
Muehlenstr. 53 Stralsund 18439 Germany

  +49 (0) 30-284984-1631  
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Non-governmental environmental organization "Mare Nostrum"  
16, Bogdan Voda str. Constanta Romania

  +40 241 612422  
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web site  

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OceanCare  
Gerbestrasse 6 Wädenswil 8820 Switzerland

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Plastic Change  
Islands Brygge 39 København S 2300 Denmark

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web site  

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Portuguese Association for Marine Litter, APLM  
Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente Caparica Portugal

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web site  

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Surfers Against Sewage  
Unit 2, Wheal Kitty Workshops St Agnes, Cornwall United Kingdom

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web site  

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Surfrider Foundation Europe  
33 Allée du Moura, 64200 Biarritz, France Biarritz France

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web site  

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The North Sea Foundation  
Mariahoek 16 Utrecht WC2H 9JQ Netherlands

  +31(0)30 2340016  
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Treanbeg Marine  
Newport Ireland

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web site  
Thèmes Sextant ( Theme )
  • /Human Activities/Pollution , /Chemical Environment/Sediment
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Oceanographic geographical features
Parameter Discovery Vocabulary (P02) ( parameter )
  • Beach litter abundance
Keywords ( Theme )
  • EMODnet Chemistry , Beach litter,
EMODnet Chemistry aggregated parameter names ( parameter )
SeaVoX salt and fresh water body gazetteer ( reference-geographical-area )
  • Black Sea , North Sea , Baltic Sea , Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W) , Arctic Ocean , Mediterranean Sea
Keywords ( Place )
  • Coastal Area
Matrix Categories ( parameter )
  • sediment
EMODnet Chemistry chemical groups ( parameter )
  • Marine litter
Keywords
Use limitation
CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
unrestricted
Other constraints
Usage is subject to mandatory citation: "This resource was generated in the framework of EMODnet Chemistry, under the support of DG MARE Call for Tender EASME/2019/OP/0003-lot4."
Spatial representation type
Vector
Metadata language
eng
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Environment
Description
bounding box
N
S
E
W


Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
0.0
Vertical CRS
  •   http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/5714/
Reference system identifier
EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG 4326)
Geometric object type
Point
Distribution format
  • EMODnet Beach litter data format (1.0 )

     

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OnLine resource
Data Access and Citation  

Data Access and Citation

OnLine resource
Direct Download  

Direct Download

Hierarchy level
Series

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Statement
The original datasets can be searched and downloaded from EMODnet Chemistry Download Service: https://emodnet-chemistry.maris.nl/search

Metadata

File identifier
2b444000-036e-49ee-92c8-e5b265cf4a4f   XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Series
Date stamp
2021-09-02T14:08:12
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139 - EMODNET - SDN
Metadata standard version
1.0

  Point of contact

EMODnet Chemistry -  

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http://www.emodnet.eu/chemistry  
 
 

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