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Anthropogenic litter and plastics on Euclid Beach, Cleveland, Ohio

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Created:	Jun 26, 2024 at 10:37 p.m.
Last updated:	Dec 17, 2024 at 1:09 p.m.
Published date:	Dec 17, 2024 at 1:09 p.m.
DOI:	10.4211/hs.5192b2f8dc2a4784ad46d227ca3beecf
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Abstract

In the summer of 2021, surface litter and >2 mm anthropogenic materials within the top 5 cm of beach sediment were repeatedly measured along 10 transects at Euclid Beach, in Cleveland, Ohio. Plastics comprised 79% of litter >50 mm and 100% of smaller visible litter on the beach surface. Surface litter concentrations (0.279 pieces m-2) were relatively low compared to previously studied Great Lakes strandlines, with mechanical grooming and beach visitor usage influencing litter distribution. However, when plastics within the top 5 cm of the beach sediment were included, Euclid Beach microplastics (54.7 pieces m-2) and mesoplastics (45.0 pieces m-2) concentrations were among the highest in the Great Lakes. Plastic production pellets were the most common microplastic morphology, while foamed plastics were the most common mesoplastics. Most plastics in the sediment were too small to be removed by mechanical grooming, but fragmentation of larger, weathered plastics is a potential concern deserving further investigation.

This dataset underpins the analysis in "Anthropogenic litter and plastics across size classes on a mechanically groomed Great Lakes urban beach" by the same authors, in Journal of Great Lakes Research.

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WGS 84 EPSG:4326

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Decimal degrees

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Euclid Beach

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-81.5688°

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41.5840°

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This resource was created using funding from the following sources:

Agency Name	Award Title	Award Number
Kent State University
Ohio Sea Grant College Program		NA18OAR4170100

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Name	Organization	Address	Phone	Author Identifiers
Emily J Brown	Cleveland State University;Kent State University	OH, US	+1 (440) 863-9023

How to Cite

Jefferson, A. J., K. Kearns, K. Snyder, A. Mitchell, S. Muratori, C. Rowan (2024). Anthropogenic litter and plastics on Euclid Beach, Cleveland, Ohio, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.5192b2f8dc2a4784ad46d227ca3beecf

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