{
    "Identifier": "39fb84a5-bab9-44de-8ce0-9230b81c649f",
    "Last_Update": "2026-04-12T23:24:15",
    "Source": "EMODnet Chemistry",
    "Title": "Micro litter - Nets location \u0026amp; mesh size used - Research and monitoring protocols 2011\/2021 v2023",
    "Abstract": "This visualization product displays nets locations where research and monitoring protocols have been applied to collate data on microlitter.\nMesh size used with these protocols have been indicated with different colors in the map.\nEMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Before 2021, there was no coordinated effort at the regional or European scale for micro-litter. Given this situation, EMODnet Chemistry proposed to adopt the data gathering and data management approach as generally applied for marine data, i.e., populating metadata and data in the CDI Data Discovery and Access service using dedicated SeaDataNet data transport formats. EMODnet Chemistry is currently the official EU collector of micro-litter data from Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) National Monitoring activities (descriptor 10).\nA series of specific standard vocabularies or standard terms related to micro-litter have been added to SeaDataNet NVS (NERC Vocabulary Server) Common Vocabularies to describe the micro-litter.\nEuropean micro-litter data are collected by the National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODCs). Micro-litter map products are generated from NODCs data after a test of the aggregated collection including data and data format checks and data harmonization.\n\nA filter is applied to represent only micro-litter sampled according to research and monitoring protocols as MSFD monitoring.\n\nWarning: the absence of data on the map doesn\u0027t necessarily mean that they don\u0027t exist, but that no information has been entered in the National Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC) for this area.",
    "Organisations": [
        "EMODnet Chemistry",
        "IFREMER \/ IDM \/ SISMER - Scientific Information Systems for the SEA",
        "Ifremer \/ VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring)",
        "National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography",
        "Ifremer, VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring)",
        "IFREMER, SISMER, Scientific Information Systems for the SEA",
        "ARPA Abruzzo",
        "ARPA Basilicata",
        "ARPA Calabria",
        "ARPA Campania",
        "ARPA Emilia-Romagna, Struttura Oceanografica Daphne",
        "ARPA Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Alto Adriatico Observatory",
        "ARPA Lazio",
        "ARPA Liguria",
        "ARPA Marche",
        "ARPA Molise",
        "ARPA Puglia",
        "ARPA Sardegna",
        "ARPA Sicilia",
        "ARPA Toscana, Area tutela ambiente marino",
        "ARPA Veneto, Osservatorio Regionale Acque",
        "Association Oceaneye",
        "Department of Marine Systems at Tallinn University of Technology",
        "Finnish Environment Institute",
        "Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Westshore campus)",
        "Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography",
        "IEO, Spanish Oceanographic Institute",
        "IEO-CSIC, Vigo Oceanographic Centre",
        "Ifremer, Environment Resources Laboratory Provence Azur Corsica (La Seyne-sur-Mer)",
        "Ifremer, Fisheries Science and Technology (Plouzane)",
        "Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia",
        "Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University",
        "Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Science and Management",
        "Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology",
        "Planete Urgence"
    ],
    "Keywords": [
        "\/Human Activities\/Pollution",
        "Oceanographic geographical features",
        "Adriatic Sea",
        "Ionian Sea",
        "Aegean Sea",
        "Mediterranean Sea, Eastern Basin",
        "Gulf of Finland",
        "English Channel",
        "Central Baltic Sea",
        "Gulf of Riga",
        "Balearic Sea",
        "Dover Strait",
        "Asian mainland",
        "Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)",
        "Tyrrhenian Sea",
        "Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin",
        "Lyme Bay",
        "Sound Sea",
        "Celtic Sea",
        "Bay of Biscay",
        "EMODnet Chemistry",
        "Data",
        "Celtic Seas",
        "WP4 Benthic Mapping",
        "\/Environment\/Pollution",
        "Spatial data products",
        "\/Boulogne-sur-Mer\/BOL02",
        "\/Boulogne-sur-Mer\/BOL04",
        "\/Boulogne-sur-Mer\/BOL06",
        "\/Bournemouth\/BOR01",
        "\/Concepci\u00f3n\/CON06",
        "\/Kuala Lumpur\/KUL08",
        "\/La Rochelle\/LAR01",
        "\/Peniche\/PEN01"
    ],
    "Parameters": [
        "\n                  water body\n",
        "\n                  Marine litter, including Plastics\n",
        "\n                  Micro-litter in water bodies\n"
    ],
    "Bounding_Box_WestLongitude": -11.2678,
    "Bounding_Box_NorthLatitude": 59.8442,
    "Bounding_Box_EastLongitude": 36.150299,
    "Bounding_Box_SouthLatitude": 34.7062,
    "Temporal_Extent_Begin": "2011-06-14",
    "Temporal_Extent_End": "2021-11-03",
    "OnlineResourceUrl": "\/search-details?step=~01239fb84a5-bab9-44de-8ce0-9230b81c649f"
}