Raw data on microplastic morphologies, sizes, and chemical identities used in the analysis for the publication 'Evidence of Microplastic Ingestion in Ringed Seals (Pusa hispida) from the Canadian Arctic'. The dataset contains seal body measurements, collection locations, raw and blank-corrected microplastic counts, and polymer types. This data provides a baseline for future microplastic monitoring studies.
Use Cases
- Establishing baseline pollution levels based on microplastic counts in seal stomachs.
- Analyzing polymer type distribution based on chemical identification data.
- Correlating microplastic ingestion with seal body measurements.
- Mapping pollution sources based on seal collection location data.
Strengths
- Data provides a baseline for future microplastic monitoring studies.
- Includes raw counts, blank-corrected counts, and polymer type classifications.
- Associated with a published scientific study.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Hatton, Haylee I. via Borealis Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Data collected from the stomachs of ringed seals in remote regions of the Canadian Arctic.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-13 04:10:50; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Canadian Arctic