Published February 7, 2023 | Version v2

Data for article: Microplastics in Arctic Waters of the Finnish Sámi Area

Description

Description of the dataset:

This dataset was created in 2021 and 2023. It was first made open in 2023 and later updated in 2024. 

Lapland_Sampling.xlsx contains all sampling dates and coordinates alongside with sample names, volumes, area descriptions and codes used to describe the samples in the article. 

Lapland_RawData.xlsx contains all the raw data for all the samples. This includes polymer types, particle sizes and an estimation of particle mass. Furthermore, the file contains a table with all the polymer types and their counts from all samples. 

 

Data creation and processing:

The raw data was created by measuring filtered water samples with FPA-FTIR . The spectral analysis was done with siMPle  (Primpke et al. 2020, Applied Spectroscopy, 74, 1127-1138, https://doi.org/10.1177/0003702820917760).

 

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Additional details

Funding

European Commission
Arctic PASSION - Pan-Arctic observing System of Systems: Implementing Observations for societal Needs 101003472

References

  • Primpke, S., Cross, R. K., Mintenig, S. M., Simon, M., Vianello, A., Gerdts, G., & Vollertsen, J. (2020). Toward the Systematic Identification of Microplastics in the Environment: Evaluation of a New Independent Software Tool (siMPle) for Spectroscopic Analysis. In Applied Spectroscopy (Vol. 74, Issue 9). https://doi.org/10.1177/0003702820917760