Description: <div>In order to assess pollution with small microplastics (S-MP, 11-500 µm) in the Lower Weser and transition to the German North Sea, surface water samples were collected with the RV Otzum (ICBM, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment), as well as with the RV Uthörn (AWI, Alfred-Wegener-Institute) in April 2018. Sampling was performed using a pumping system containing of a floating suction basket (mesh size: 500 µm) for pre-filtration, followed by the concentration onto a 15 µm stainless steel screen. Samples were isolated from the filter screens in the laboratory, thoroughly processed and measured via µFTIR imaging. Dominant polymer type in the S-MP sample fraction was acrylates/polyurethanes/varnish, and concentrations ranged between 2.3 × 10¹ and 9.7 × 10³ m⁻³, with maximum values in the area of the turbidity Maximum Zone of the River Weser. Citation: Roscher, Lisa; Fehres, Annika; Reisel, Lorenz; Halbach, Maurits; Scholz-Böttcher, Barbara; Gerriets, Michaela; Badewien, Thomas Henry; Shiravani, Gholamreza; Wurpts, Andreas; Primpke, Sebastian; Gerdts, Gunnar (2021): Abundances of small microplastics (S-MP, 11-500 µm) in surface waters of the Weser estuary and the German North Sea (April 2018) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.937685 <div style="overflow-x: auto;", aria-label="Table of data for this location"><table>\n <tr> <th>Event</th> <th>Method comm</th> <th>Date/Time</th> <th>Project</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Latitude</th> <th>Longitude</th> <th>Samp vol [l]</th> <th>Duration (of sampling in hours)</th> <th>Microplastic [#/m**3]</th> <th>PE [#/m**3]</th> <th>PE-Cl [#/m**3]</th> <th>PP [#/m**3]</th> <th>PS [#/m**3]</th> <th>PC [#/m**3]</th> <th>PA [#/m**3]</th> <th>PVC [#/m**3]</th> <th>Cellulose chem modif [#/m**3]</th> <th>Nitrile rubber [#/m**3]</th> <th>PES [#/m**3]</th> <th>AC/PU/Varnish [#/m**3]</th> <th>Polysulfone [#/m**3]</th> <th>PEEK [#/m**3]</th> <th>PLA [#/m**3]</th> <th>PCL [#/m**3]</th> <th>EVA [#/m**3]</th> <th>POM [#/m**3]</th> <th>AB [#/m**3]</th> <th>Rubber [#/m**3] (type 1)</th> <th>Rubber [#/m**3] (type 3)</th> </tr> <tr> <td>U_10_30b</td> <td>Inhouse pumping system with 500 µm pre-filtration, subsequent filtration onto 10 µm filter screen</td> <td>2018-04-16T15:17</td> <td>PLAWES</td> <td>Outer Weser</td> <td>53.744</td> <td>8.238</td> <td>700.0</td> <td>01:47</td> <td>126</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>24</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>31</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>29</td> </tr> </table></div></div>
Global identifier:
Internal(
"pangaea-event-U_10_30b",
)
DataMeasurements(
DataMeasurements {
domain: Unspecified,
station: Some(
Station {
id: Some(
"Pangäa-Event-ID U_10_30b",
),
measurement_frequency: None,
reporting_obligations: [],
},
),
measured_variables: [
"Acrylates, polyurethanes, varnish [#/m**3] (AC/PU/Varnish)",
"Acrylonitrile butadiene [#/m**3] (AB)",
"Cellulose chemical modified [#/m**3] (Cellulose chem modif)",
"Chlorinated polyethylene [#/m**3] (PE-Cl)",
"Ethylene-vinyl acetate [#/m**3] (EVA)",
"Microplastic abundance [#/m**3] (Microplastic)",
"Nitrile rubber [#/m**3] (Nitrile rubber)",
"Polyamide [#/m**3] (PA)",
"Polycaprolactone [#/m**3] (PCL)",
"Polycarbonate [#/m**3] (PC)",
"Polyester [#/m**3] (PES)",
"Polyether ether ketone [#/m**3] (PEEK)",
"Polyethylene [#/m**3] (PE)",
"Polylactic acid [#/m**3] (PLA)",
"Polyoxymethylene [#/m**3] (POM)",
"Polypropylene [#/m**3] (PP)",
"Polystyrene [#/m**3] (PS)",
"Polysulfone [#/m**3] (Polysulfone)",
"Polyvinyl chloride [#/m**3] (PVC)",
"Rubber [#/m**3] (Rubber)",
"Sample volume [l] (Samp vol)",
],
methods: [],
},
)
Tags: Polylactid ? Polycarbonat ? Ästuar ? Polyethylen ? Polystyrol ? Polyvinylchlorid ? Lack ? Fluss ? Polyester ? Ether ? Geografische Koordinaten ? Plastikverschmutzung ? Keton ? Edelstahl ? Mikroplastik ? Chemikalien ? Meeresoberfläche ? Oberflächengewässer ? Nordsee ? Freshwater system ? Infrared Spectroscopy ?
Region: Federal Republic of Germany
Bounding boxes: 8.238° .. 8.238° x 53.744° .. 53.744° 10.5° .. 10.5° x 51.5° .. 51.5°
License: Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0
Language: Englisch/English
Time ranges: 2018-04-05 - 2018-04-19
DOI of the dataset
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.937685 (TSV)Download full dataset as tab-delimited text. The format is described on https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Format
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