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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

surface water (non-marine), river systems, nonpoint-source pollution, runoff

Other Subject Keywords

microplastics

Place Keywords

Great Lakes, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan, New York

Microplastics in 29 Great Lakes tributaries (2014-15)

This dataset describes the quantity and morphology of floating microplastics in 29 Great Lakes tributaries in 6 states. Samples were collected in spring 2014 – spring 2015. Each tributary was sampled three to four times, capturing low-flow and runoff-event conditions. Sampling and analysis methods are described in the .xml metadata file. These data are interpreted in a journal article (cite journal article).

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Author(s) Austin K Baldwin orcid, Steven R Corsi orcid, Sherri A. Mason orcid
Publication Date
Beginning Date of Data 2014-04-08
Ending Date of Data 2015-05-12
Data Contact
Austin Baldwin
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7ZC80ZP
Citation Baldwin, A.K., Corsi, S.R., and Mason, S.A., , Microplastics in 29 Great Lakes tributaries (2014-15): U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7ZC80ZP.
Metadata Contact
Austin K. Baldwin
Metadata Date 2020-08-20
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