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The NOAA NCEI Global Marine Microplastics Harmonized Database during 1972-04-20 to present (NCEI Accession 0306475)
Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
| Metadata Last Checked: October 13, 2025
| Last Modified: 2025-08-07T00:00:00.000+00:00
This database contains a harmonized subset of variables from the NOAA NCEI Marine Microplastics collection, which is used to generate the accompanying ArcGIS map. It includes microplastic concentration data (i.e., plastics measuring less than 5 mm; units of pieces/m3 for microplastics in water and beach, pieces/kg d.w. for microplastics in sediment, and pieces/ 10 mins for nurdles) in ocean water, sediments, beach and Nurdle Patrol from across the globe during 1972-04-20 to present. The dataset contains information on date of collection, latitude and longitude where data was collected, sampling instruments used for collection, mesh size, microplastic concentration class range, and links to publications on the data. It is updated on a Federal quarterly schedule.
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0306475
DEPTH - BOTTOM
DEPTH - OBSERVATION
microplastic concentration
POSITION - GEOGRAPHIC
water depth
Avani trawl net
bottle
bucket
corer
CTD
dredge
Flow-through pump
fluorescence microscope
Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer
GPS
Manta net
metallic bucket
microscope
net
net - plankton net
net - zooplankton net
Neuston net
Niskin bottle
pump sampler
sediment sampler - corer
sediment sampler - grab
sediment sieve
trawl
in situ
laboratory analyses
AKADEMIK MSTISLAV KELDYSH
AKADEMIK TRYOSHNIKOV (Akademik Treshnikov)
Angeles Alvarino
Cabo de Hornos
Celtic Explorer
CELTIC VOYAGER
CORWITH CRAMER
DISCOVERY
LA PELAGIA
MALIPPO
NEW HORIZON
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
ODEN
ORION
POINT SUR
PROFESSOR KAGANOVSKIY
RV Polarstern
S. A. AGULHAS
Solander
SOUTHERN SURVEYOR
SSV ROBERT C. SEAMANS
Tara
URANIA
USS Sea Dragon
XIANG YANG HONG 03
5 Gyres Institute
Adventure Scientists
Atlantic Technological University
Auburn University
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Beibu Gulf University
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Catholic University of Valencia Saint Vincent Martyr
Chulalongkorn University
City University of Hong Kong
Duke University
EAN University
Federal University of Pará
Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Institute
Manipal Institute of Technology
Marine Scotland Science
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari
Metropolitan Autonomous University
National Research Council
National School of Marine Science and Coastal Planning
National Taiwan University, Department of Geosciences
NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Norwegian Institute for Water Research
NOVA University Lisbon
Oceaneye Association
Polytechnic University of Tapachula
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Scottish Association for Marine Science
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Sea Education Association
Sorbonne University
State Oceanic Administration, First Institute of Oceanography
Sultan Qaboos University
The Ocean Cleanup
The University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Western Australia
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
University of Alaska Anchorage
University of Barcelona
University of Copenhagen
University of Cuenca
University of Ferrara
University of Fribourg
University of Ghana
University of Haifa
University of La Laguna
University of Newcastle
University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography
University of Rovira i Virgili
University of South Florida
University of the Philippines Diliman
University of the South Pacific
University of the West Indies
University of Tokyo
University of Toronto
UT Austin Marine Science Institute
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Zhejiang University of Technology
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
Alboran Sea
Andaman Sea or Burma Sea
Arafura Sea
Arctic Ocean
Baffin Bay
Balearic (Iberian) Sea
Bali Sea
Baltic Sea
Barents Sea
Bass Strait
Bay of Bengal
Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne)
Beaufort Sea
Bering Sea
Bismarck Sea
Black Sea
Bristol Channel
Caribbean Sea
Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Sea and Mindanao Sea)
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Coastal Waters of Alabama
Coastal Waters of Florida
Coastal Waters of Louisiana
Coastal Waters of Mississippi
Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Coastal Waters of Texas
Columbia River estuary - Washington/Oregon
Coral Sea
Davis Strait
East Siberian Sea
English Channel (La Manche)
Flores Sea
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Great Australian Bight
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea)
Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of Bothnia (Bay of Bothnia and Bothnian Sea)
Gulf of California
Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Riga, Sound Sea
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Thailand
Halmahera Sea
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Hudson Strait
Indian Ocean
Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
Ionian Sea
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Japan Sea
Kara Sea
Kattegat, The Sound, Storebælt, Lillebælt
Labrador Sea
Laptev (or Nordenskjöld) Sea
Ligurian Sea
Malacca Straits
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Mozambique Channel
New York Bight
North Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
North Sea
Northwestern Passages
Norwegian Sea
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Strait of Hormuz
Philippine Sea
Rio de la Plata
Seto Naikai (Inland Sea)
Skagerrak
Solomon Sea
South Atlantic Ocean
South China Sea (Nan Hai)
South Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
St. Lawrence River
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Strait of Gibraltar
Sulu Sea
Tasman Sea
Timor Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
White Sea
oceanography
DE/GEOMAR > GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
NO/NIVA > Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Norway
TUMST > Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
UH&I-UK/SAMS > Scottish Association for Marine Science, University of Highlands and Islands, UK
URI/GSO > Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
WHOI > WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > WATER QUALITY > SEA SURFACE CONTAMINANTS > MICROPLASTIC CONCENTRATION
CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
DREDGING DEVICES > DREDGING DEVICES
FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY > FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY
FTIR SPECTROMETER > Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer
GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS
GRAB SAMPLERS
GRANULOMETRIC SIEVES
MICROSCOPES > MICROSCOPES
NETS > NETS
NEUSTON NET
NISKIN BOTTLES
PLANKTON NETS
SEDIMENT CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS
TRAWL
Van Veen grab
hand picking
SUBMARINE
Ships
AKADEMIK TRYOSHNIKOV (call sign: UBXH3, ICES code: RUB3, 2012-)
CELTIC VOYAGER (call sign: EIQN, ICES code: 45CV, 1997-)
CORWITH CRAMER (call sign: WTF3319, ICES code: 33CC, 1988-)
Cabo de Hornos (call sign: CB7960, ICES code: 20HZ, 2004-)
Celtic Explorer (call sign: EIGB, ICES code: 45CE, 2003-)
DISCOVERY (ICES code: 32V3)
LA PELAGIA (call sign: FTNJ, ICES code: 35LG, 1965-1986)
NEW HORIZON (call sign: WKWB, ICES code: 32NM, 1978-2015)
ODEN (call sign: SMLQ, ICES code: 77DN)
OKEANOS EXPLORER (call sign: WTDH, ICES code: 334A, 2008-)
ORION (ICES code: 28OR)
POINT SUR (call sign: WSC2276, ICES code: 32P0, 1980-)
Polarstern (call sign: DBLK, ICES code: 06AQ, 1982-)
Robert C. Seamans (call sign: WDA4486, ICES code: 33GY, 2001-)
S. A. AGULHAS (call sign: ZSAF, ICES code: 91AA, 1978-2012)
SEA DRAGON (ICES code: 32S2)
SOLANDER (call sign: VMQ9273, ICES code: 09CX)
SOUTHERN SURVEYOR (call sign: VLHJ, ICES code: 09SS, 1988-2014)
Tara (call sign: FVNM, ICES code: 35XI, 2009-)
URANIA (ICES code: 48UR)
XIANG YANG HONG 03 (call sign: BNVB, ICES code: 76X3)
Ángeles Alvariño (call sign: EASE, ICES code: 29AJ, 2012-)
Академик Мстислав Келдыш (ICES code: 90BP, 1981-1992)
ПРОФЕССОР КАГАНОВСКИЙ (call sign: UTTW, ICES code: 90ZH, 1987-1991)
CONTINENT > ASIA > WESTERN ASIA > BLACK SEA
CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > BLACK SEA
OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BARENTS SEA
OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > BALTIC SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > DAVIS STRAIT
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > IRISH SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA > ADRIATIC SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN
OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA > PERSIAN GULF
OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > BAY OF BENGAL
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF JAPAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA
OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
XC7UF7
Complete Metadata
| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
|---|---|
| identifier | gov.noaa.nodc:0306475 |
| issued | 2025-08-07T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| landingPage | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact |
| language | [] |
| references |
[ "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02632-y", "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NCEI-Marine-Microplastics" ] |
| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | 179.854333,-71.69904,-179.9942,89.7614 |
| temporal | 1972-04-20T00:00:00+00:00/2023-02-12T00:00:00+00:00 |