2016 SoE Marine Predicted concentrations of floating debris (more than 200 millimetres in diameter) per square kilometre in Australian waters

Predicted concentrations of floating debris (more than 200 millimetres in diameter) per square kilometre in Australian waters. \r\n\r\nSource: Compiled by National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub based on Eriksen et al. (2014) Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans: more than 5 trillion plastic pieces weighing over 250,000 tons afloat at sea. PLoS ONE 9(12):e111913, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111913.\r\n\r\nOriginal dataset metadata can be found at; http://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/search#!DA83B0E3-2B75-48A2-8FDD-874EDD9DBDBF\r\n\r\nMap prepared by the Department of Environment and Energy in order to produce Figure MAR21 in the Marine theme of the 2016 State of the Environment Report, available at http://www.soe.environment.gov.au\r\n\r\nThe map service can be viewed at https://data.gov.au/dataset/2016-soe-mar-floating-debris\r\n\r\nDownloadable spatial data also available below.\r\n