Microplastics in sea surface waters in the Southern Bight of the North Sea in 2022

This dataset contains 1 csv file. The dataset contains data of floating microplastic abundances including meso and macro plastics at different locations collected in the North Sea during environmental surveys on the RV Endeavour, in 2022. Microplastic abundances were reported per unit area (km-2 ). A flowmeter attached to the bottom of the Neuston Microplastic Catamaran trawl was used to estimate the volume of water sampled. The volume sampled was estimated following Russel and Webster (2021) (`Microplastics in sea surface waters around Scotland - ScienceDirect`_). Form and polymer type of all three size classes (micro, meso and macroplastics) are also provided. The reporting of microlitter in surface water was done according to the recent Guidance on Monitoring of Marine Litter in European Seas ( `https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC133594`_). Microlitter types and polymer types was reported according to EMODnet. .. _`microplastics in sea surface waters around scotland - sciencedirect`: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X21002447 .. _`https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/jrc133594`: https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC133594