CNR-ISMAR
MAELSTROM: Microplastics Assessment in Surface Water, Mussel Farm 2023-2024 (Post-cleaning Survey)
As part of the European MAELSTROM project, microplastic monitoring was carried out to assess the impact of marine cleaning operations. The study focused on two representative sites: Sacca Fisola, within the Venice Lagoon, characterised by high maritime traffic, and Mussel Farm, a coastal area near Cavallino-Jesolo, a former mussel farm.
Both sites were monitored every six months and divided into before and after cleaning activities performed by the Seabed Robotic Cleaning Platform (autumn 2022 and spring 2023 for the Sacca Fisola site and spring 2023 for the Mussel Farm site). This innovative robotic system has been designed to remove macro-litter from the seabed.
The main objective was to assess possible changes in the concentration of secondary MPs in water surface, which are particularly abundant in the marine environment, following clean-up operations.
This approach represents an innovative contribution to the understanding of macro-litter-MP interactions and to the improvement of marine pollution mitigation strategies.
Base
- Data (Creazione)
- 2023-04-07
- Data (Creazione)
- 2023-10-23
- Data (Creazione)
- 2024-03-14
- Data (Creazione)
- 2024-08-29
- Versione formato
- GEONETWORK
- Crediti
- © MAELSTROM - Smart technology for MArinE Litter SusTainable RemOval and Management funded by the European Union, Programme H2020-EU.3.2.5.1. Grant agreement No 101000832. https://doi.org/10.3030/101000832.
- Status
- In corso
- Frequenza di aggiornamento
- Secondo necessità
- Tema
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- maelstrom
- floating microplastics
- marine litter
- water surface
- venice costal area
- mussel farm
- aquaculture
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- Sea regions
- Human health and safety
- Habitats and biotopes
- Parole chiave
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- Sample type
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- Individual sample
- Collection method
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- Manual
- Limitazione d’uso
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MAELSTROM data policy: https://zenodo.org/records/15030538
MAELSTROM data access request form: https://zenodo.org/records/15030591
- Vincoli di accesso
- Altri vincoli
- Altri vincoli
- Available on request
Vincoli sulla risorsa
- Vincoli di fruibilità
- Licenza
- Altri vincoli
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Classificazione
- Non riservato
Risoluzione spaziale
- Lingua dei metadati
- English
- Tema
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- Ambiente
- Salute
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- Formato di distribuzione
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File Excel
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.xlsx
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File Excel
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.xlsx
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- Livello
- Dataset non geografici
- Altro
- Physical sample
Conformità
- Data (Pubblicazione)
- 2020-10-09
- Spiegazione
- Validated in Geonetwork according to the ISO19115 rules (24/24)
- Pass
- Yes
- Genealogia del dato – Processo di produzione
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Post-cleaning microplastic monitoring was carried out using a combination of established methods and additional techniques to improve the sensitivity of the analysis.
Sampling took place in 2023 (March and October) and 2024 (March and August) using a Manta net and, for greater precision, Niskin bottles to collect and analyse microplastics larger than 20 µm in diameter. This approach made it possible to assess the impact of cleaning operations on microplastic levels in the marine environment, following standardised protocols and procedures to minimise contamination.
- Identificatore del file di metadati
- 71b1f56c-efe0-440f-8e15-f3db60134a33 XML
- Lingua dei metadati
- English
- Set dei caratteri dei metadati
- UTF8
- Livello gerarchico
- Dataset non geografici
- Nome del livello gerarchico
- Physical sample
- Data dei metadati
- 2025-03-15T10:18:41
- Nome dello Standard dei metadati
- ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Versione dello Standard dei metadati
- 1.0
