Marine Pollution Bulletin

A list of sampled seabird specimens collected opportunistically in New Caledonia for assessing the prevalence of plastic ingestion.

The hologram information measured was from the sample of Prorocentrum lima. The sample size was 500 living cells and 500 dead cells.

Persistent organic pollutant levels in remote blubber biopsy samples from small cetacean in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Foraminiferal counts and metal data included in the paper: "Impact of drill cutting releases on benthic foraminifera at three exploration wells drilled between 1992 and 2012 in the SW Barents Sea, Norway" by Dijkstra et al.

The environemntal variables and zooplankton data used in this study.

Raw data for the microplastic contamination found in seawater using bottle grabs (1 litre) at several coastal sites in Ascension Island and the East Falklands in Summer 2015.

Hull fouling has been a driving force behind the development of most modern marine antifouling coatings that mainly contain copper based biocides to inhibit growth of fouling organisms. Despite these efforts, several non-indigenous species continue to be transferred via hull-fouling worldwide. In this study we designed a disturbance gradient with three commercial antifouling paints applied to PVC settling plates with different concentrations of copper oxide and allowed colonization of fouling communities in four marinas located at the Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic). Overall, the antifouling treatments were effective in decreasing the diversity of fouling communities and spatial variability across marinas was observed. Increasing exposure to metal pollutants decreases both species cover and total diversity, independently of their native or NIS condition. However, evidences found suggest that long-term effects of copper based antifouling coatings can be modulated by metal-resistant species allowing a secondary substrate for the epibiosis of other species to establish.

Trace metal contents in core sediments from Jiangsu coastal area, China

Here, we report the presence of microplastics in the benthic, upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea xamachana) across three estuaries in Florida. Out of 115 specimens analyzed, 77% contained microplastics. Bell diameter and number of plastics per individual varied significantly across locations with the highest plastic densities and bell diameter observed in individuals from Big Pine Key, followed by Jupiter and Sarasota. Fourier-transform interferometer analysis confirmed that synthetic microfibers were the dominant microplastic measured at all three locations and may indicate Cassiopea as potential sinks of microplastic contamination. Cassiopea may be used as bioindicators of microplastic contamination in the future, allowing for potential plastic pollution mitigation.

BP. Gulf Science Data, Coastal Wetland Vegetation Assessment Data File. Website: http://gulfsciencedata.bp.com/, directory: Shoreline; subdirectory: Coastal Wetland Vegetation Assessment; filename: ShorelineCWVA_SH-03v02-01.xlsx (zipped). Last modified March 2014. BP Gulf Science Data. 2014. Shoreline Erosion Staking Data at stations in Barataria Bay and Barrier Islands in Louisiana, Fall 2011 through Fall 2012. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. https://doi.org/10.7266/N7CR5RR8