2019 - 2019 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) CLiP Belize Microplastics in sediment 2019

This dataset contains 2 csv file. Belize_Sediment_Microplastics.csv file reports data on microplastic abundance in sediment expressed in number of particles for 5g sediment. Sediment was collected at six locations in Belize between May and June 2019, but only four were analysed for microplastics due to time restrictions (only PSA reported for the two sites left). The file also reports information on blank used for calculations, grab GPS coordinates, deployment time and the particulate size analysis (PSA) of the sediment. Belize_Sediment_Microplastics_FTIR.csv contains the profile of a ATR-FT-IR spectrum analysis of a plastic particle (>5mm). A READ-ME text file contains the legend of the columns of the csv file. A .zip file contains the picture of the plastic particle analysed with ATR-FT-IR.