Ocean plastic data from the 2018-2019 voyages aboard RV Pangaea, Australia

Here we provide a .xlsx file containing data associated with a field study sampling Australian waters to quantify plastic pollution in coastal areas. Please refer to the first tab (Read Me) in the Excel file for a detailed explanation of the data. <br>The sampling occurred between the 18th of September 2018 and 10th of March 2019 during 4 voyages in Australian waters- Ashmore Reef and Long Reef, located north-west of Australia and Esperance and Bremer Bay, located south-west of Australia. The sites for this field campaign were selected mostly at random, except for a few sites in Ashmore Reef targeting the coastal fronts encountered, with visible accumulated plastics, organisms, and feeding megafauna. Sampling was done using manta trawls and drone transects, with additional random snorkelling surveys within the identified CGPs. The plastics found in the samples were characterised by size, type, colour, and weight in the laboratory. <br>If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at [e-mail]<br>

本研究提供一份.xlsx格式文件，其中收录了澳大利亚海域实地采样的相关数据，用于量化沿海区域的塑料污染水平。请查阅该Excel文件的首个工作表（Read Me）以获取数据的详细说明。
本次采样时段为2018年9月18日至2019年3月10日，共开展4次航行，覆盖澳大利亚水域的4处区域：位于澳大利亚西北部的阿什莫尔礁（Ashmore Reef）、隆礁（Long Reef），以及位于澳大利亚西南部的埃斯佩兰斯（Esperance）与布雷默湾（Bremer Bay）。本次野外作业的采样点大多为随机选取，仅阿什莫尔礁的少量采样点针对观测到的沿岸锋面设置——这类区域可见塑料与海洋生物聚集，且存在大型滤食性生物的觅食活动。采样采用曼塔拖网（manta trawls）与无人机断面采样（drone transects）两种方式，并在已识别的CGPs区域内增设随机浮潜调查。实验室中对采集样品内的塑料按尺寸、类型、颜色与重量进行了特征分析。
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