PLASTFLOW macroplastic transport model: time series of the normalised cumulative fluxes at three transects in the Scheldt estuary
Citable as data publication
Wang, L.; Breugem, W.A.; Koutrouveli, T.; Decrop, B.; International Marine and Dredging Consultants (IMDC): Belgium; (2025): PLASTFLOW macroplastic transport model: time series of the normalised cumulative fluxes at three transects in the Scheldt estuary. Marine Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.14284/773
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Koutrouveli, Theofano Availability: This work is licensed under http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L08/current/MO meaning it is under moratorium until 2026-06-29
Description
Time series of the normalised cumulative fluxes at three transects (Doel, Wintam, and Vlissingen) for the six different classes considered in the macroplastic transport model of PLASTFLOW:
for which both macroplastics (size > 25 mm) and mesoplastics (size between 5 mm and 25 mm) were simulated. moreThe normalised flux is defined as the net number of particles crossing a transect divided by the initial number of particles released in the model (see IMDC report, page 9: Wang, L.; Breugem, W.A., Koutrouveli, T.; Decrop, B.; International Marine and Dredging Consultants (IMDC): Belgium; (2025): Macroplastic Flux from river Scheldt to the North Sea.). In the final project report (D1.2), the corresponding normalised fluxes are presented for all transects but only for macroplastics (three classes). Additional results are included in the final project report (D1.2), such as a table presenting an estimate of the total annual flux, which is calculated also based on the observed plastic concentrations. Scope Themes: Environmental quality/pollution Keywords: Modelling · Plastics · Scheldt Estuary Geographical coverage Scheldt Estuary [Marine Regions] Contributors
International Marine & Dredging Consultants NV (IMDC), more, data creator
Project
PLASTFLOW: PLASTFLOW - Opvolgmeting in het kader van Doelstelling 9 van het Vlaams Actieplan Marien Zwerfvuil, more
Funding OVAM (Public Waste Agency of Flanders)
Publication
Describing this dataset
Meyers, N. et al. (2025). PLASTFLOW Final Report: Quantifying plastic fluxes and identifying plastic hotspots in the Scheldt Estuary (Deliverable 1.2). Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 87 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/128, more
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Software/models/scripts
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2025-12-16
Information last updated: 2025-12-23
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