READ ME File For Dataset supporting: Rose D, Hudson MD, Bray S, Gaca P (2023). Assessment of the estuarine shoreline microplastics and mesoplastics of the River Itchen, Southampton (UK) for contaminants and for their interaction with invertebrate fauna. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI : 10.1007/s11356-023-31396-6 Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2158 Date that the file was created: December 2023 ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- ReadMe Author: Malcolm Hudson, University of Southampton [ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7648-7922] Date of data collection: June-September 2021 Information about geographic location of data collection: The study took place within Chessel Bay Nature Reserve in Southampton, Hampshire, Southern156 England (50.9154° N, 1.3746° W) (Fig. 1)- a 12.9 ha undeveloped shoreline within the157 Southampton conurbation comprising mainly of mudflats, saltmarsh and a narrow strip of158 woodland. Chessel Bay sits on the eastern bank of the River Itchen Related projects: Preventing plastic pollution in the Itchen estuary- Feasibility Study. Southampton City Council / Environment Agency March 2023 -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse:None Recommended citation for the data: Dataset supporting: Rose D, Hudson MD, Bray S, Gaca P (2023). Assessment of the estuarine shoreline microplastics and mesoplastics of the River Itchen, Southampton (UK) for contaminants and for their interaction with invertebrate fauna. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI : 10.1007/s11356-023-31396-6 This dataset supports the publication: AUTHORS:Deanna Rose, Malcolm D Hudson, Sargent Bray, Pawel Gaca TITLE:Assessment of the estuarine shoreline microplastics and mesoplastics of the River Itchen, Southampton (UK) for contaminants and for their interaction with invertebrate fauna. JOURNAL:Environmental Science and Pollution Research PAPER DOI : 10.1007/s11356-023-31396-6 Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: none Links/relationships to ancillary or related data sets: none -------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW -------------------- This dataset contains material relating to different sections of the results in the published paper: Field notes and pictures PAH results SEM images Spearman Results Trace metal analysis results Microplastic characterisation results -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- Full methodilogical information is included in the published paer -------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION --------------------------