Dataset
Survey data from the Australian Marine Debris Initiative
University of the Sunshine Coast
2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25907/00837
Appears in UniSC Research Data Collection
Abstract
Survey data from the Australian Marine Debris Initiative and the result of spatial analysis from multiple creative commons datasets.
Data consists of:
• Spatial Data Queensland Coastline – Event summaries within an Excel data table and shapefile
• All years
• Number of Items removed, Weight volunteers, Volume, Distance, Latitude and Longitude.
• Contributing organisation files table/ sites
• Environmental, physical and biological variables associated with the closest catchment to each debris survey.
TBF has made all reasonable efforts to ensure that the information in the Custom Dataset is accurate. TBF will not be held responsible:
• for the way these data are used by the Entity for their Reports;
• for any errors that may be contained in the Custom Dataset; or
• any direct or indirect damage the use of the Custom Dataset may cause.
Data collected by TBF comes from citizen science initiatives and is taken at face value from contributors with each entry being vetted and periodic checks being made to maintain the integrity of the overall dataset. Some clean-up data has been extrapolated by data collectors. Some weight and distance details have not been provided by contributors.
The data was collected by various organisations and individuals in clean-up events at their chosen locations where man-made items greater than 5mm were removed from the beach, and sorted, counted and recorded on data sheets, using CyberTracker software devices or the AMDI mobile application. Items were identified according to the method laid out in the TBF Marine Debris Identification Manual in which items are grouped according to their material categories (the manual is available on the TBF website). The length of beach cleaned is at the discretion of the clean-up group and the total weight of items removed is either weighed with handheld scales or estimated.
Details
- Title
- Survey data from the Australian Marine Debris Initiative
- Authors
- Heidi Tait (Data Collector) - Tangaroa Blue Foundation (Australia)Jodi Jones (Data Collector) - Tangaroa Blue Foundation (Australia)Caitlin Smith (Data Collector) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and EngineeringKathy Townsend (Data Collector) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Format
- 1 CSV file; 6.72MB
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date collected
- 01-Jan-2012–31-Dec-2021
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.25907/00837
- Copyright note
- Raw data tables provisioned for the modelling of this paper may be made available for the purpose of peer review of the paper, and the model with the provision data must be secured so that it cannot be accessed or applied to any other purpose not related to this paper and may not be released by any third party for any other purpose. Sample data, if provided, is to illustrate the data structure and content for the Purpose and should not be used to generate reports or other outputs. Should you wish to use this dataset, please send an email to info@tangaroablue.org to complete a custom dataset form and start the process of data sharing agreement with AMDI.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991016398702621
- Output Type
- Dataset
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