Marine litter data in Itamaracá Island, Brazil. 2022.

This dataset contains 1 .xlsx file (data_itamaraca_Marine_Litter_2022.xlsx), divided into 5 sheets.

The General contains information about ID, Date, Beach, latitude, and longitude of transect begin (lat_begin, lon_begin), latitude and longitude of transact end (lat_end, lon_end), number of transects (transect), presence of oil, seaweed_wrack, natural_vegetation in the sampled area and the Urbanization in each beach.

UNEP_cat is a supportive spreadsheet with The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) code as descriptions of marine litter types. It included some region-specific items.

litter_sand and litter_underwater provide information about the marine litter in the sand and underwater respectively. The data is presented in a number of items. Information about the sampled area is included, allowing the calculation of items per square meter, or in the case of underwater litter the sampling effort per time.

brand_audit provides detailed information about the brand, size, color, and extra description of all items collected underwater.

Marine litter was collected in Itamaracá island, Pernambuco, Brazil. Three beaches (Forte, Jaguaribe, and Sossego) were sampled in March, June, September, and December. In December extra underwater sampling was done.