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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Survey data for marine litter biofoulers from the North Sea, Irish Sea, English Channel between December 2020 and July 2024</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dataset</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=009_CEFASb40cb563-f624-4753-8ab2-bb5f13c406c8</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">The data includes survey names, station names, replicate details including 
date, depth, latitude and longitude. The samples were collected from UK waters 
between December 2020 and July 2024 to analyse the biofouling communities 
living on the seafloor litter, with a secondary aim of identifying non-native 
species among the fouling communities. 

Survey data for trawl samples taken on the following surveys: 

CEND 18/20 : December 2020 : 8 replicates, CEND 06/21 : April 2021 : 12 
replicates, CEND 15/22 : September 2022 : 13 replicates, CEND 01/23 : January 
2023 : 12 replicates, CEND 04/23 : March 2023 : 1 replicate, CEND 09/23 : July 
2023 : 13 replicates, CEND 10/23 : July 2023 : 2 replicates, CEND 14/23 : 
September 2023 : 9 replicates, CEND 19/23 : December 2023 : 6 replicates, CEND 
04/24 : March 2024 : 6 replicates, CEND 12/24 : July 2024 : 6 replicates.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20260616 20260326</dc:date>
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