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Title:
National Marine Debris Monitoring Program: citizen science observations from 1997–2007
Author(s):
Ribic, Christine A.; Sheavly, Seba B.; Rugg, David J.
Publication Year:
2022
How to Cite:
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Ribic, Christine A.; Sheavly, Seba B.; Rugg, David J. 2022. National Marine Debris Monitoring Program: citizen science observations from 1997–2007. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0035
Abstract:
We report counts of 31 marine debris indicator items selected by the National Marine Debris Monitoring Program (NMDMP) at sites around the United States and two U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands). These data contain the complete quality checked set of debris data collected by the volunteers who worked on the National Marine Debris Monitoring Program, as well as the weather information provided by the volunteers for the time of the survey and the week preceding the survey. While the Program ran from 1997 through 2007, temporal coverage varies by coastal region because initiation of sampling was staggered across regions. The research articles that report on the results of the Program's data collection used a subset of these data, as not all sites had time series long enough to justify inclusion in the data analysis.

Keywords:
marine debris; NMDMP; citizen science; beach debris; monitoring; beach pollution; plastic pollution; environment; oceans; society; transportation; Environment and People; Impact of people on environment; United States
Related publications:
  • Ribic, Christine A.; Sheavly, Seba B.; Rugg, David J.; Erdmann, Eric S. 2010. Trends and drivers of marine debris on the Atlantic coast of the United States 1997-2007. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 60: 1231-1242. (Available in data publication download: \Supplements\2010_Ribic_et_al_Atlantic_Coast.pdf). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.03.021
  • Ribic, Christine A.; Sheavly, Seba B.; Rugg, David J. 2011. Trends in marine debris in the U.S. Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico 1996-2003. Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management. 11: 7-19. (Available in data publication download: \Supplements\2011_Ribic_et_al_Gulf_Coast_Puerto_Rico.pdf). https://doi.org/10.5894/rgci181
  • Ribic, Christine A.; Sheavly, Seba B.; Rugg, David J.; Erdmann, Eric S. 2012. Trends in marine debris along the U.S. Pacific Coast and Hawai'i 1998-2007. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 64: 994-1004. (Available in data publication download: \Supplements\2012_Ribic_et_al_West_Coast_Hawaii.pdf). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.02.008
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