Data from observations of the role of water hyacinths in macroplastic transport and accumulation

  • Tim van Emmerik (Creator)
  • Thuy Chung Kieu-Le (Creator)
  • Than Luan Nguyen (Creator)
  • Anh Phung Ngoc (Creator)
  • Louise Schreyers (Creator)

Dataset

Description

This dataset presents the observations from a monitoring campaign conducted at Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, in April-June 2020. The campaign focused on the Saigon river and aimed at quantifying the role of water hyacinths in macroplastic transport and accumulation. The first sheet pertains to the visual counting of floating macroplastic items from the Thu Thiem bridge at HCMC. It details the number of macroplastic items counted within water hyacinths (entangled) and outside (free-floating). The second and third sheet present the results from aerial surveys conducted on 23 May 2020 with a UAV. The second sheet details all floating macroplastic items identified through manual labelling on the drone imagery and provides information on their size and polymer composition The third sheet presents the results from the identification of floating vegetation (water hyacinths) through color segmentation and their areas.
Date made available12 Jan 2021
PublisherWageningen University & Research
Temporal coverageApr 2020 - Jun 2020
Date of data productionApr 2020 - Jun 2020
Geographical coverageHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Keywords

  • macroplastic
  • Vietnam
  • aquatic vegetation
  • plastic pollution monitoring

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