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Beach Litter - Median number of plastic bags related items normalized per 100m & to 1 survey - Official monitoring 2001/2020 v2021

This visualization product displays the plastic bags abundance of marine macro-litter (> 2.5cm) per beach per year from Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitoring surveys.


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).

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.


Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data:

- Exclusion of OSPAR 1000 protocol: in order to follow the approach of OSPAR that it is not including these data anymore in the monitoring;

- Selection of MSFD surveys only (exclusion of other monitoring, cleaning and research operations);

- Exclusion of beaches without coordinates;

- Selection of plastic bags related items only. 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);

- Normalization of survey lengths to 100m & 1 survey / year: in some case, the survey length was not exactly 100m, so in order to be able to compare the abundance of litter from different beaches a normalization is applied using this formula:

Number of plastic bags related items of the survey (normalized by 100 m) = Number of plastic bags related items of the survey x (100 / survey length)

Then, this normalized number of plastic bags related items is summed to obtain the total normalized number of plastic bags related items for each survey. Finally, the median abundance of plastic bags related items for each beach and year is calculated from these normalized abundances of plastic bags related items per survey.

Sometimes the survey length was null or equal to 0. Assuming that the MSFD protocol has been applied, the length has been set at 100m in these cases.


Percentiles 50, 75, 95 & 99 have been calculated taking into account plastic bags related items from MSFD data for all years.


More information is available in the attached documents.


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.

 
Citation proposal
Ifremer, VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring) - IFREMER, SISMER, Scientific Information Systems for the SEA. Beach Litter - Median number of plastic bags related items normalized per 100m & to 1 survey - Official monitoring 2001/2020 v2021. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/901edf10-bb77-44a6-aa88-628b8cfe3fd6

Simple

Alternate title

bl_plasticbags_monitoring

Date ( Creation )
2021-05-06
Edition

1.0

Identifier

DOI:10.13120/901edf10-bb77-44a6-aa88-628b8cfe3fd6

Credit

EMODnet Chemistry

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No information provided.

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  Resource provider

IFREMER / IDM / SISMER - Scientific Information Systems for the SEA  

IFREMER Centre de Bretagne ZI Pointe du diable CS 10070

PLOUZANE

29280

France


  +33 (0)2 98.22.49.16 
  +33 (0)2 98.22.46.44 
Website
web site  

  Resource provider

Ifremer / VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring)  

Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu BP 1105

NANTES CEDEX 03

44311

France


  +33 (02 40.37.40.00 
  +33 (0)2 40.37.40.01 
Website
web site  

  Resource provider

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

Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/c

Sgonico (Trieste)

34010

Italy


Website
web site  

  Custodian

Ifremer, VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring)  

Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu BP 1105

NANTES CEDEX 03

44311

France


  +33 (02 40.37.40.00 
  +33 (0)2 40.37.40.01 
Website
web site  

  Custodian

IFREMER, SISMER, Scientific Information Systems for the SEA  

IFREMER Centre de Bretagne ZI Pointe du diable CS 10070

PLOUZANE

29280

France


  +33 (0)2 98.22.49.16 
  +33 (0)2 98.22.46.44 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Aarhus University,Danish Centre for Environment and Energy  

Frederiksborgvej 399

Postboks 358

Roskilde

DK_4000

Denmark


Website
web site  

  Originator

Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience  

Ny Munkegade 116

Aarhus

DK-8000

Denmark


  +45 8715 0000 
  +45 8715 4326 
Website
web site  

  Originator

ARPA Calabria  

Via Lungomare, Loc. Mosca (zona Giovino-Porto)

Catanzaro Lido

88063

Italy


Website
web site  

  Originator

ARPA Emilia-Romagna, Struttura Oceanografica Daphne  

Centro Ricerche Marine

Viale Vespucci 2

Cesenatico

47042

Italy


Website
web site  

  Originator

ARPA Liguria  

Via Bombrini 8

Genova

16149

Italy


  +3901064371 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Black Sea Basin Directorate  

33 Alexander Diakovich street

Varna

9000

Bulgaria


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

  Originator

CENTRE FOR DOCUMENTATION, RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION ON ACCIDENTAL WATER POLLUTION  

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 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection  

Wawelska 52/54

Warszawa

00-922

Poland


  +48-22-369-22-08 
Website
web site  

  Originator

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

101 Vithleem Street

Nicosia

2033

Cyprus


  +357-22807807 
  +357-22775955 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Environment and Resources Authority  

Hexagon House

Marsa

MRS 1441

Malta


  (+356) 2292 3500 
Website
web site  

  Originator

EUCC, The Coastal Union Germany  

Organisation Headquarters:

Poststraße 6

Rostock-Warnemünde

18119

Germany


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

  Originator

Foundation for Environmental Education, Latvia  

Lapu str. 17, 2nd floor

Riga

LV-1002

Latvia


  +371 67225112 
Website
web site  

  Originator

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 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography  

46.7 km Athinon-Souniou Av.

P.O.Box 712

Anavyssos

19013

Greece


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

  Originator

Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia  

Dunajska 156

Ljubljana

1000

Slovenia


  +386(0)14775300 
Website
web site  

  Originator

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

Function
Information

  Originator

Jordsand Association  

Bornkampsweg 35

Ahrensburg

22926

Germany


  +49 04102-32656 
  +49 04102-31983 
Name

web site

Function
Information

  Originator

Keep the Archipelago Tidy Association  

Turku

20100

Finland


  02 274 5500 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Keep the Estonian Sea Tidy Association  

Pirita tee 17, Tallinn 11911

Tallinn

11911

Estonia


  +372 5176019 
Website
web site  

  Originator

KIMO Denmark  

Bytoften 2

Varde

6800

Denmark


Name

web site

Function
Information

  Originator

KIMO International Secretariat  

Shetland Islands Council, 8 North Ness Business Park

Lerwick

ZE1 0LZ

United Kingdom


Website
web site  

  Originator

Marine Research Institute of Klaipeda University  

Universiteto ave. 17

Klaipėda

LT-92294

Lithuania


  +370 46 398846 
  +370 46 398845 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development  

Kyrristou str., 12

Athens

105 56

Greece


  +30 2103247490 
  +30 2103317127 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Mer-Terre  

21 Rue Montgrand

MARSEILLE

13006

France


  +33 (0)9 86 78 79 02 
Website
web site  

  Originator

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

Plaza San Juan de la Cruz s/n

Madrid

28071

Spain


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

  Originator

National Agricultural Research Foundation, Fisheries Research Institute  

Nea Peramos

Kavala

64007

Greece


Website
web site  

  Originator

National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"  

300 Mamaia Blvd.

Constanta

900581

Romania


  40 241 543288 
  40 241 831274 
Website
web site  

  Originator

National Institute of Chemistry  

Hajdrihova 19

Ljubljana

1000

Slovenia


  +386 1 4760498 
  +386 1 4760300 
Website
web site  

  Originator

National Park Authority Vorpommern  

Im Forst 5

Born

18375

Germany


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

  Originator

Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Germany  

Charitéstraße 3

Berlin

10117

Germany


  +49 0302849840 
  +49 0302849842000 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, Marine Conservation Office  

Muehlenstr. 53

Stralsund

18439

Germany


  +49 (0) 30-284984-1631 
Name

web site

Function
Information

  Originator

Non-governmental environmental organization "Mare Nostrum"  

16, Bogdan Voda str.

Constanta

Romania


  +40 241 612422 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Office of Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park  

Schlossgarten 1

Toenning

25832

Germany


  +49 48 61616 - 0 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Portuguese Environment Agency  

Rua da Murgueira 9,

Apartado 7585, Zambujal,

Alfragide

Amadora

2610-124

Portugal


  +351 214 728 200 
  +351 214 717 194 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Regional School "Windland" Altenkirchen  

Schulstraße 1

Altenkirchen

18556

Germany


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

  Originator

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences  

Vautierstraat 29

Brussels

1000

Belgium


  +32 2 627 42 11 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve Office  

Circus 1

Putbus

18581

Germany


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

  Originator

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 
Website
web site  

  Originator

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

Hamburger Chaussee 25

Flintbek

24220

Germany


  +49-4347 704-0 
  +49-4347 704-102 
Name

web site

Function
Information

  Originator

The Danish Environmental Protection Agency  

Haraldsgade 53

Copenhagen Ø

2100

Denmark


  +45 72 54 40 00 
Website
web site  

  Originator

The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation  

Rosterigränd 4

Stockholm

117 61

Sweden


  46 (0)8 505 263 00 
Website
web site  

  Originator

The North Sea Foundation  

Mariahoek 16

Utrecht

WC2H 9JQ

Netherlands


  +31(0)30 2340016 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Treanbeg Marine  

Newport

Ireland


Website
web site  

  Originator

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

University campus, 26504, Rio

Patras

265 00

Greece


  +30-2610-997646 
Website
web site  
Thèmes Sextant ( Theme )
  • /Human Activities/Pollution

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Oceanographic geographical features
Parameter Discovery Vocabulary (P02) ( parameter )
  • Litter abundance and type , Beach litter abundance
SeaVoX salt and fresh water body gazetteer ( reference-geographical-area )
  • North Sea , Black Sea , Mediterranean Sea , Arctic Ocean , Baltic Sea , Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)
Keywords ( Theme )
  • EMODnet Chemistry

Matrix Categories ( parameter )
  • sediment
EMODnet Chemistry chemical groups ( parameter )
  • Marine litter
Use limitation

CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints
Other restrictions
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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/EMFF/2018/1.3.1.8 - lot4."

Spatial representation type
Vector
Metadata language

ang

Topic category
  • Oceans
Description

bounding box

N
S
E
W


Vertical extent

Minimum value
-5500.0
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
  • ()

OnLine resource
bl_plasticbags_monitoring  

Beach Litter - Plastic bags abundance per year - Official monitoring

OnLine resource
Visualization products for Beach Litter data  

Methodologies applied to create the maps

OnLine resource
List of selected items  
OnLine resource
EU Threshold Value for Macro Litter on Coastlines  
OnLine resource
EU Marine Beach Litter Baselines  
OnLine resource
Marine litter database document  
OnLine resource
Data Access and Citation  
OnLine resource
Direct Download  
Hierarchy level
Series

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Statement

The data used as input for this product have been extracted from the EMODnet Chemistry Download Service: https://emodnet-chemistry.maris.nl/search

Metadata

File identifier
901edf10-bb77-44a6-aa88-628b8cfe3fd6   XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Series
Hierarchy level name

Product record

Date stamp
2021-11-26T14:30:34
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139 - EMODNET - SDN

Metadata standard version

1.0

  Point of contact

EMODnet Chemistry -  

Website
http://www.emodnet.eu/chemistry  
 
 

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