Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Lago de Chapala
5 August, 2012
- Team Leader
- Luis R. Rivera
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 60 kgs (estimated)
20.297622, -103.266678
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Lago de Chapala
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Guadalajara Dive Center
- City
- Ajijic
- Country
- Mexico
- Date
- 5 August, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 20.297622
Longitude: -103.266678
- Weather Conditions
-
Cloudy
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–0 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 1000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Beach
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 45 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 9 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 11 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 4 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 16 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 40 |
| Cigar Tips | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 1 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 6 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 5 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 3 |
| Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 6 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 45 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys (glass) | 16 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 10 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| Rubber Fragments | 4 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 1 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Clothing | 4 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 4 |
| Toys | 1 |
Additional Information
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